Configuring the Windows HPC server

In order for Windows HPC Server to function with GPFS™, disable dynamic hosts file and re-enable dynamic DNS updates by doing the following

  1. On all nodes in the Windows HPC cluster, open the hosts file %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and change ManageFile = true to ManageFile = false.
  2. On the HPC head node, execute the following from HPC PowerShell, assuming all nodes are part of the head node's Active Directory domain.
    Go to Start > All Programs > Microsoft HPC Pack > HPC PowerShell and execute:
    Set-HpcNetwork -EnterpriseDnsRegistrationType WithConnectionDnsSuffix