Application Fault Tolerance
pvm_trecv -- timeout receive call can be used but...
Notification is Best Method to Use
Task to be notified calls:
pvm_notify( what, tag, count, tids )
Is sent a message when “what” happens
- PvmTaskExit: reply gives task ID
- PvmHostDelete: reply gives pvmd ID
- PvmHostAdd: reply gives numhosts and pvmd ID
Multiple notifies send multiple replies.