To use the Simulation Compute Manager

If you plan to use the Simulation Compute Manager on a thin client, and your machine's local firewall is active, open this TCP port for connections to succeed.

• TCP port 43100 for SCM 1.X versions
• TCP port 44100 for SCM 2.X versions

(In the following instructions, inside simulation-computeX, X should be replaced with SCM major release)

To change the temporary working file path for Thin client

The following process updates the location of a temporary working path for Simulation Compute Manager. For this example, the new location will be referred to as /tmp/scmWorking

• It can be written to by the Simulation Compute Manager user.
• It is on a volume with sufficient capacity to hold the jobs that you plan to run.
• It is on a volume that is present when the Simulation Compute Manager starts (or will automount when needed).
• It is not accessible to other Simulation Compute Managers running on other hosts.
• It ideally survives a reboot of the machine.

Create the new location with the properties outlined above.

1. Stop any existing Simulation Compute Manager instances with curl localhost:43500/terminate or curl <hostname>:43500/terminate.

2. Allow sufficient time for the processes to exit cleanly.

3. Make sure the SimulationCompute processes are terminated by calling /sbin/pidof SimulationCompute. If a process IDs are returned, kill the all processes using kill -9 '<process ID>'.

4. Make sure the fs-harness process is terminated by calling /sbin/pidof fs-harness. If a process ID is returned, kill the process using kill -9 '<process ID>'

5. Set the environment variable:

    export -x SCM_WORKING=/tmp/scmWorking

6. Start the Simulation Compute Manager using:

    $INSTALL_ROOT/opt/Autodesk/simulation-computeX/bin/SimulationCompute

To change the Simulation Compute Manager Storage path for Thin client

The environment variable that changes the location of a storage path for Simulation Compute Manager is SCM_DATAPATH. The environment variable must be set prior to starting the Simulation Compute Manager. For this example, the new location will be referred to as /tmp/newlocation

1. Create the new location with the properties outlined above.

2. Stop any existing Simulation Compute Manager instances with curl localhost:43500/terminate or curl <hostname>:43500/terminate.

3. Allow sufficient time for the processes to exit cleanly.

4. Make sure the SimulationCompute processes are terminated by calling /sbin/pidof SimulationCompute. If a process IDs are returned, kill the all processes using kill -9 '<process ID>'.

5. Make sure the fs-harness process is terminated by calling /sbin/pidof fs-harness. If a process ID is returned, kill the process using kill -9 '<process ID>'

6. Set the environment variable:

    export -x SCM_DATAPATH=/tmp/newlocation

7. Start the Simulation Compute Manager using:

    $INSTALL_ROOT/opt/Autodesk/simulation-computeX/bin/SimulationCompute