Table of Contents

hpc0 Keywords

Aptitude

Identification of chosen keyword (unless you update the section heading above).

Definition

Aptitude is a menu-driven, text-based front-end to the Advanced Packaging Tool or APT system. Many of the common package management functions, such as installation, removal, and upgrade, are performed in Aptitude with single-key commands.

Demonstration

start Aptitude as a normal user with the following command at a terminal prompt

lab46:~$ sudo aptitude
lab46:~$ aptitude update
lab46:~$ aptitude upgrade 

para-virtualization

Definition

Is a virtualization that presents a software interface to virtual machines.

full-virtualization

Definition

virtualization technique that provides a virtual machine enviorment that is a complete simulation of the underlying hardware. It requires that every aspect of the hardware be reflected on other virtual machines, including the full instruction set, input/output operations, interrupts, memory access, and whatever other tools that are used by the software that runs on the bare machine.

Xen

Definition

A virtual machine monitor that allows multiple multiple operating systems to execute on the same hardware.

PvPGn

Definition

This is a server emulation software, that emulates blizzard battle.net online gaming services.

Demonstration

In the process of setting up a server so more will come for this part of this one..

Virtual Server

Definition

Virtual Server, is a server to which intended virtual machines will be hosted and or migrated off of.

Demonstration

this example is the server that had been created in class.

lab46:~$ ssh root@vmserver02.student.lab

Virtual Machine

Definition

A machine on a server set up to run particular processes predefined by the user but not limited to just these, or not limited to only existing inside of a virtual machine. The benefit to this is the ease of portability depending on software used in porting it to other systems without reconfiguration, and possibly while it is still running.

Demonstration

Again this example is the virtual machine within the server created in the previous word.

lab46:~$ ssh root@vm34.student.lab

Configuration

Definition

Defining a script that is set to run on the start up of a software or service that determines particular variables that effect the working environment in relation to end user settings desired in a particular circumstance.

Demonstration

such files as working with the pvpgn server we are setting up are:

*.conf

hpc0 Objective(needed)

hpc0 Objective

State the course objective

Definition

In your own words, define what that objective entails.

Method

State the method you will use for measuring successful academic/intellectual achievement of this objective.

Measurement

Follow your method and obtain a measurement. Document the results here.

Analysis

Reflect upon your results of the measurement to ascertain your achievement of the particular course objective.