Pre-requisites
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1. Client machine: XP, Vista or 7 with the following software installed:
    - Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2 Client Utilities
    - Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2 SDK
    - Visual Studio 2008


2. Server machine: Windows HPC Server 2008 R2

Steps
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1. You need Visual Studio 2008 to open the project file

2. Build the solution
   a. Launch Visual Studio 2008 and open the CustomBroker.csproj file
   b. Build the solution by selecting Build->Rebuild Solution menu

3. Deploy the custom broker assembly

   a. Goto bin folder and copy CustomBroker.exe to "C:\" on head node of your cluster
   b. Goto \\<headnode>\ServiceRegistration folder, find CCPEchoSvc.config and uncomment the following section to enable custom broker:
    <!--<customBroker executive="C:\SampleBroker.exe">
      <environmentVariables>
        <add name="myname1" value="myvalue1"/>
        <add name="myname2" value="myvalue2"/>
      </environmentVariables>
    </customBroker>-->
   c. Replace the executive with "C:\CustomBroker.exe"


4. Test custom broker using basic v2 client application through CCPEchoSvc.

