Linux Cluster Manager 2.90 Released!

Linux Cluster Manager 2.90 released. LCM is a graphical tool for monitoring and managing multiple Linux systems from a central location. Features include real time monitoring and status information, remote command execution, and a range of imaging features.

Feature Enhancements / Bug Fixes
- Image files updated fixing a list of bugs such as swap partition creation errors, kernel boot problems, and generally cleaned things up
- Deployment process modified to include better error handling and detection of client OS
- Clients now rebuild an initial ram disk to correct boot errors on image deployment
- LCM now monitors memory and storage targets with the ability to group storage resources into custom monitored pools
- Graphing functions improved to display memory totals and IP addresses
- New node management system automates much of the manual entry previously required
- IP addresses are automatically resolved, MAC address and storage resources are automatically polled from running clients
- LCMexec had several bugs corrected when issuing commands as root
- Bugs in data presentation while recording monitor data for more than 10 hosts have been corrected (host ordering)
- Debian packages for easier installation
- Source rpm packages have been created for easier distribution to those that wish or are required to run from source
- LCM is better able to retain client information for offline or imaged systems

Linux Cluster Manager has many useful administration and monitoring features:
- Easy to use GUI for all operations
- Real time status information for all nodes
- Connect to individual nodes via a user specified protocol (ssh, rsh, rlogin, etc)
- Report on running processes across the cluster
- Image nodes over the LAN with either a file or block based image
- Can image non Linux based systems including Windows
- Imaged nodes have IP and host name information changed automatically
- Run scripts across the cluster or on select nodes without a client agent using a command line or GUI interface