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Subject: SystemTapGui usage scenarios.
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:10:56 +0530
From: Anithra P Janakiraman <anithra@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: systemtap <systemtap@sources.redhat.com>
Listing the usage scenarios i can think of for stapgui. Please add to
the list if i have missed something.
1. Client and Server running on the same local machine(a laptop?). In
this scenario a hard-dependency on the compile-server might not be a
good idea. The systemtap installation on the m/c would have the
compile-server scripts, but ideally the compile-server will not be
registered as a service in this case.
2. Client and server on different machines in a cluster environment. A
lean server that only does execution with the compile-server taking care
of compilation would be a good option, esp if the server does not have
the required dependencies like debuginfo setup.
3. A lean server, with the client doing the compilation and sending
over the module to the server. The client and server would need to have
an identical setup.
4. The client , server and compile-server all on the same machine
(possibly in a clustered environment) with the m/c running the server
also running the compile-server service.
5. The client running on a windows box. In this scenario access to the
server's systemtap installation would be needed to list probes/functions
and for syntax-checking.
6. Multiple servers with a single client.
Regards,
Anithra.