Unlike a standalone application, a UTM cluster application is intended to be run on more than one computer. Together, these computers are known as a cluster and the individual computers on which the application is to run are known as nodes. A UTM cluster application is made up of several identically generated UTM applications (the node applications) that run on the individual nodes.
The configuration of the application, including the KDCFILEs for all nodes, is created in a single generation run and is therefore always the same.
A UTM cluster application can be distributed across up to 32 nodes.
The computers that belong to a cluster must be equivalent in terms of hardware status and software configuration. Discrepancies involving compatible correction statuses and updates are possible. Mixed configurations, such as Windows and Unix computers in combination are not possible.
The nodes of a cluster must always have the same system time.
| You can find detailed information on operation and in particular on generating applications for UTM cluster applications in the relevant openUTM manual “Using UTM Applications on Unix, Linux and Windows systems”. |
