Setup guide

4 Once you are satisfied with your choices, click OK to commit the changes. Server groups you create in
the Backburner Web Monitor appear as global groups in Backburner Windows Monitor.
To assign a server group to a job:
1 On the Jobs tab, select the job of interest and choose Settings from the Action menu, or double-click
the job.
2 In the Job Details page, click on the Server Assignment tab.
3 Choose a server group from the Assigned Server Group menu.
4 Apply your changes, then click Refresh to update the display. Compatible servers belonging to the
group appear in the Assigned Servers list. If an expected server belonging to the chosen group does not
appear in the list, it can indicate the server is absent, or does not have the correct adapter installed.
The manager will only assign servers that are able to carry out the job. Changed settings apply to new
tasks only. Completed tasks are not reprocessed. To reprocess completed tasks, restart the job from the
beginning.
To delete a server group:
1 On the Server Groups tab, select the server group of interest and click the Delete button.
2 When prompted to confirm your action, click OK.
Manager
Use the Manager tab to set options related to the Backburner network, such as logs, server assignments
criteria, job retries, and the tasks performed when a job finishes, such as archiving.
Manager tab
DescriptionFieldArea
Logging LevelLogging and Notification
■ Error: Fatal errors that halt the processing of a job.
■ Warning: Operations that complete with non-fatal
errors.
■ Info: Successful operations, possibly with minor
faults or caveats.
■ Debug and Debug Extended: Detailed state inform-
ation, including TCP/IP packet information. Helpful
in tracking down bugs.
■ Debug Extended: A more verbose listing than De-
bug.
The smpt mail server through which all email notifica-
tions for this manager are sent. This can be overridden
for individual jobs.
Default Mail Server
The maximum number of jobs Backburner will send
out for processing on the render farm at the same time.
Max Concurrent JobsServer Assignment
The number of times the Backburner Manager attempts
to restart a job on a server that has failed to complete
Retry CountTask Failures
its processing. A failed job may be returned by Back-
burner to the job processing queue. Set to zero (0) to
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