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How to access remote pvserver from your local machine}

  • There are two modes in which you can launch the ParaView server,pvserver and pvdataserver and pvrenderserver.
  • In pvserver when all data processing and rendering are handled in the same parallel job.
  • In second mode data processing is handled in one parallel job and the rendering is handled in another parallel job, pvdataserver and pvrenderserver programs, respectively.

Prerequisite

  • Paraview 5.5 installed in remote and local machine
  • Putty or VNC viewer must be installed if windows is the local machine
  • MicrosftDesktop or VNC viewer must be installed if local machine is MAC
  • Download WinSCP

Getting Started}

Establish connection to remote machine

From Mac to Windows

Using VNC viewer/Microsft Desktop
  • Open Remote windows machine -> Windows -> Computer/This PC -> Properties -> Remote settings -> Remote -> Check Allow Remote Assistance connection to this computer -> Choose Allow remote connections to this computer -> Apply -> OK
  • Open command prompt -> ipconfig
  • You can see the IPv4 Address -> copy it
  • Open your local Mac machine
  • Download Microsoft Remote Desktop/VNC Viewer from app store
  • open MS Remote Desktop
  • Connection Name : Ricky Windows (can be anything)
  • PC name : 192.168.88.17 (IP address of the windows machine you copied)
  • User name : \ipAddress{192.168.88.17/ricky}
  • connect
  • you are connected to Remote windows machine
Using Terminal

From Windows to Mac

  • Open your Remote -> System preferences -> Sharing -> check Remote Management -> You will see remote Management is on
  • Copy the address mentioned <richie.cs.niu.edu>
  • Now open you windows local machine
  • You can download either putty or VNC viewer(Ill show both)
Using VNC viewer
  • Open VNC viewer -> put <richie.cs.niu.edu> in the Server address bar -> connect
  • click continue
  • Enter the password you created in the remote machine
  • you are connected To Remote Mac
  • VNC is like a the Windows Remote Desktop feature where you can actually see the desktop environment on which you are working. You can control screen too.
Using putty
  • Open Winscp -> new site
  • host name : richie.cs.niu.edu
  • username : ricky password : ********
  • login -> Upper left -> Open session in putty -> password
  • you are connected to remote machine
  • Putty is an SSH client that you can use to connect to a machine running that service -- it's relatively secure but you only have a CLI and no GUI.

Establish connection to Paraview

** This is only required if you are accesing the remote machine via putty or terminal

  • Go to mac default directory
  • ls -> cd Applications -> cd ParaView-5.6.0-RC1.app -> cd Contents -> cd bin cd Applications/ParaView-5.6.0-RC1.app/Contents/bin
  • you should see the foloowing screen
  • figure