Apple Qadministrator 4 User Manual
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Contents Preface Chapter 1 5 5 6 6 9 10 11 14 15 16 16 Welcome to Apple Qadministrator About Apple Qadministrator About the Apple Qadministrator Documentation Additional Resources Using Apple Qadministrator The Apple Qmaster Distributed Processing System Creating Clusters with Apple Qadministrator Modifying and Deleting Clusters with Apple Qadministrator Monitoring Cluster Activity Accessing Activity Logs Setting Preferences 3
Preface Welcome to Apple Qadministrator You can use This Computer Plus and QuickClusters for most distributed processing needs. Apple Qadministrator allows you to manually create and manage specialized clusters. This preface covers the following: • About Apple Qadministrator (p. 5) • About the Apple Qadministrator Documentation (p. 6) • Additional Resources (p.
About the Apple Qadministrator Documentation The Apple Qmaster distributed processing system comes with various documents that help you get started as well as provide detailed information about each of the applications. (To access onscreen help for an application, open the application and choose the application’s help from the Help menu.
Apple Service and Support Websites For software updates and answers to the most frequently asked questions for all Apple products, go to the general Apple Support webpage. You’ll also have access to product specifications, reference documentation, and Apple and third-party product technical articles. • http://www.apple.com/support For software updates, documentation, discussion forums, and answers to the most frequently asked questions for Compressor, go to: • http://www.apple.
Using Apple Qadministrator 1 As the administrator of your distributed processing network, you can set a number of cluster options and security controls. You may also want to know about failure notification and recovery features. Note: The “Apple Qmaster and Distributed Processing” chapter in the Compressor User Manual is the primary documentation for the Apple Qmaster distributed processing system. This chapter covers the following: • The Apple Qmaster Distributed Processing System (p.
The Apple Qmaster Distributed Processing System Computers that submit batches to Apple Qmaster are called clients. An Apple Qmaster job is a processing task in the form of a project shared by Final Cut Pro or Motion, a Compressor or Apple Qmaster batch, a Shake file, or other commands, that uses UNIX commands to specify settings such as rendering instructions and file locations and destinations. Network Batch of processing jobs Client computer Jobs are submitted.
Clusters When a client sends batches to the Apple Qmaster system, all the processing and subsequent moving of any output files is performed by a group of Apple Qmaster–configured computers called a cluster. To set up Apple Qmaster services, you either configure computers to work with This Computer Plus, create a QuickCluster in Compressor, or use the Apple Qadministrator application to create one or more clusters of service nodes, with one cluster controller included in each cluster.
• Stage 2: Assigning Service Nodes Stage 1: Creating a New Cluster Use the following steps to create a cluster with Apple Qadministrator. To create a new cluster 1 In Compressor, choose Apple Qmaster > Administer Clusters to open Apple Qadministrator. 2 Click the Add (+) button. 3 Select Untitled Cluster and rename it. (The cluster name you create will also appear in the cluster pop-up menus in Compressor, Share Monitor, Apple Qmaster, Final Cut Pro, and Motion.) ... then rename the Untitled Cluster.
Stage 2: Assigning Service Nodes Use the following steps to assign service nodes to a cluster. To add a service node to a cluster 1 If the Qmaster Service Browser is not already displayed, click the disclosure triangle to see it. Click this disclosure triangle to see available nodes. 2 Add service nodes to the new cluster by dragging them from the Qmaster Service Browser list at the bottom of the window to the cluster’s service nodes list.
3 When you have finished adding service nodes, click Apply. Your cluster is now ready to process batches. Note: Although Apple Qadministrator currently allows you to create a cluster with unmanaged services, valid clusters require at least one managed service for the cluster to be viewable in Apple Qmaster, Compressor, and Share Monitor. Modifying and Deleting Clusters with Apple Qadministrator Using Apple Qadministrator, you can change and delete clusters.
• To remove a service node from the cluster: Select the computer and drag it back to the Qmaster Service Browser at the bottom of the Apple Qadministrator window. To remove nodes from a cluster, drag them to the Qmaster Service Browser. • To add a service node to the cluster: Drag it from the Service Browser list at the bottom of the window to the Service Nodes list. 3 Click Apply.
3 Click the Info (I) button near the bottom of the Cluster list. 4 In the window that appears, click the CPU, Memory, Volume Info, and I/O Activity tabs to see a variety of details about the selected node. Accessing Activity Logs Apple Qadministrator provides log information for a selected service or cluster. This information is useful for troubleshooting distributed processing issues, and it can be saved to a file and processed with XML tools and UNIX scripts.
About the Apple Qadministrator Preferences Tab You can use the Apple Qadministrator Preferences tab to configure a number of Apple Qadministrator settings. The Apple Qadministrator Preferences tab contains the following items. Queue Use the following settings to configure queue preferences in Apple Qadministrator. • Maximum number of jobs in queue: Enter the maximum number of batches that can be queued up at one time for this cluster.
Configuring the Wide Area Network Preferences Window Apple Qadministrator wide area network preferences include the IP addresses for remote computers. To enter IP addresses or ranges for remote computers 1 Choose Apple Qadministrator > Preferences, or press Command-comma (,). The Preferences window appears. This table displays information about remote host computers. 2 Click Add (+). The host address dialog appears. Use this dialog to enter IP addresses or ranges for remote computers.
