Chapter 16. NetSolve Management Tools for Administrators

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NS_conf
NS_problems
NS_probdesc
NS_killagent
NS_killserver
NS_killall

The NetSolve distribution comes with a set of tools to manage/query a NetSolve system. After compiling the tools as explained in the section called Installation on Unix Systems in Chapter 13, the following six executables are available:

$NETSOLVE_ROOT/bin/$NETSOLVE_ARCH/NS_conf
$NETSOLVE_ROOT/bin/$NETSOLVE_ARCH/NS_problems
$NETSOLVE_ROOT/bin/$NETSOLVE_ARCH/NS_probdesc
$NETSOLVE_ROOT/bin/$NETSOLVE_ARCH/NS_killagent
$NETSOLVE_ROOT/bin/$NETSOLVE_ARCH/NS_killserver
$NETSOLVE_ROOT/bin/$NETSOLVE_ARCH/NS_killall

Let us review these executables one by one.

NS_conf

This executable takes one argument on the command line, the name of a host running a NetSolve agent:
UNIX> NS_conf netsolve.cs.utk.edu

It prints the list of hosts participating in the NetSolve system:
AGENT: netsolve.cs.utk.edu (128.169.93.161)
SERVER: maruti.cs.berkeley.edu (128.32.36.83)
SERVER: cupid.cs.utk.edu (128.169.94.221)