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Re: The different methods of nodes creation

From: Elena Asarina <elena.asarina_at_oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:39:18 -0700

I've just read Carla's email on similar topic and after that I just
believe more stronger that none of nodes have to be created on remote
machine via create-local-instance command.

Thank you,

Elena
Elena Asarina wrote:
> All,
>
> I would like to discuss the nodes creations in v3.1. I can count at
> least four different types of nodes creations:
> 1) Preconfigured node localhost on DAS machine.
> 2) A default node with machine name that was created on remote
> machine via create-local-instance.
> 3) create-node-config
> 4) create-node-ssh.
>
> The way how nodes were created, affected how instances later can be
> created for that node. It means:
> 1) if a node was created using create-node-config, then only
> create-local-instance supposedly can be used (not sure only for first
> instance for this node or for all instances for this node);
> 2) if a node was created on remote machine via create-local-instance,
> then according to Joe, for that node the instances always have to be
> created using create-local-instance command.
>
> I believe that this picture is very confusing. For example, for node
> that was created on remote machine via create-local-instance, how
> users can remember that for that particular node instances can be
> created only locally.
>
> I believe that this design has to be simplified. My proposals:
> 1) Do not create a node on remote machine via create-local-instance.
> 2) Following the general concept, create only two commands create-node
> and create-local-node.
> 3) The way how the node was crested should not affect the way how
> instances for that node will be created remotely or locally.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Elena
>
> P.S. I kind of started that discussion opening bugs:
>
> https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=12846
> https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=12855
>
>
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