Setup guide

Test the installation
Wiretap Gateway:
1 Access the file browser in Lustre, the Network panel in a Creative Finishing application, or open
WiretapCentral in a Web browser: http://<hostname>/WiretapCentral
2 Locate the Wiretap Gateway system in the list, and make sure the label “Gateway” or “Autodesk Wiretap
Gateway Server” appears next to the system name.
3 In WiretapCentral, locate the Wiretap Gateway system you want to verify in the Servers panel on the
left-hand side, and make sure the label “Gateway” appears next to the system name.
4 Click the Wiretap Gateway system name, and verify that Wiretap Gateway was successfully licensed:
■ In WiretapCentral, the Description row in the Server Details panel should no longer contain the
mention “Unlicensed”.
■ In Creative Finishing applications, Wiretap Gateway should no longer contain the mention
“Unlicensed”.
5 Ensure you can browse the storage device connected to the Wiretap Gateway system.
Verify your Render Farm from WiretapCentral:
1 Open WiretapCentral in a Web browser: http://<hostname>/WiretapCentral
2 Select Backburner Monitor from the Tools menu or from
http://<hostname>/WiretapCentral/bbmon.html.
3 En sure the machine where you set up Backburner Manager appears in the Backburner Manager
drop-down list.
4 Select the manager for your render farm and then click the Servers tab. A list of all the Backburner
Servers assigned to the selected manager appears.
5 Make sure the servers you set up are in the list, and that “mio” is listed in the Adapters column for
each of them.
6 Click the Server Groups tab, and make sure the node groups you set up are listed.
To verify your Render Farm from the Windows Backburner Monitor:
1 In Backburner Monitor, from the Manager menu, select Connect.
2 Enter the IP or hostname of the machine where you installed Backburner Manager, and verify that you
can connect to the Manager.
3 Once you are connected to the Manager, expand the “Plugins” branch in the lower-left panel of the
Monitor window, and select “MIO File Import”.
The Servers panel should list all the Backburner Servers where you installed the Media I/O Adapter.
4 Expand the “Global Groups” branch in the lower-left panel of the Monitor window, and verify that
the server groups you defined are listed there, and that the correct servers are listed under each group.
Wiretap path translation
About Wiretap Path Translation
The Wiretap path translation service converts the syntax of a file path referred by a Wiretap server running
on a Linux workstation to a format that the client can understand. This service allows Wiretap clients, who
might be running Windows or Mac OS X, to understand file paths that are referenced by an Autodesk Creative
Finishing product to clips that have been soft-imported from a NAS, SAN, or any remote mounted storage.
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