Setup guide

DescriptionField
The maximum number of render nodes made available for the job, as specified when the
job was submitted. Set to 0 (zero) to assign the job to all servers.
Max Server Count
A comma-separated list of servers currently assigned to the job.Assigned Servers
Select this checkbox to list only the servers installed with the required adapter.Filter on Job Type
Host name of the server.Name
A checkbox indicating whether or not the listed server is assigned to the job. To add a new
server to the job, check a checkbox. Click the Save button to apply the changes.
Assigned to Job
A description of the server.Description
The current activity of the server:Status
A value in the range [0–1] indicating the performance level of the server, relative to other
servers on the same job. A score of 1 indicates this is the best-performing server.
Perf. Index
The adapters installed on the server, for example:Adapters
■ Burn: The Burn renderer.
■ Command Line Tool: The Backburner cmdjob command-line plug-in allows you to
submit batch, executable, or script files to Backburner as “custom” jobs. See Submitting
Jobs from a Command Line or Script (page 84).
■ mio: The MIO adapter engine is responsible for transcoding some streaming media
formats (such as R3D and OpenEXR).
■ Wire: Installed with Stone and Wire. Can be used to import/export media, perform
Wire transfers, etc. Used internally by Autodesk Visual Effects and Finishing applications.
Suspend a rendering job:
1 Click the Jobs tab and select the job you want to suspend.
2 From the Action menu, choose Suspend. The selected job is suspended. If the selected job is completed,
the Suspend command has no effect.
3 To reactivate a suspended rendering job: from the Action menu, choose Activate. The selected job is
reactivated. If another job is already being processed, the selected job becomes pending.
Restart a job:
1 Click the Jobs tab and select the job you want to restart.
2 From the Action menu, choose Restart. The selected job is restarted from the beginning. If another job
is already being processed, the selected job becomes pending. While the most common workflow is to
suspend a job, change its settings, and then re-activate the job, restarting a job is another possibility.
Re-activating a suspended job picks up processing from where it left off. That is, tasks already completed
are not re-done. In contrast, restarting a job halts all processing for the job, clears the server of all
job-related temporary files (including completed tasks), and restarts the job from its first task. It is
92 | Chapter 3 Networked processing