Setup guide

Burn for Lustre This is the Linux rendering engine that renders one or more frames from Lustre render
jobs.
NOTE Burn for Lustre is a different software than Burn for Creative Finishing software. While they can co-exist on
the same node, the installation and configuration procedures are different. For information about how to set up
Burn for Creative Finishing software, consult the Autodesk Burn Installation and User Guide.
Shared storage mount point This is the mount point on each Linux server that allows Burn for Lustre to
transfer rendered frames/files to the Lustre storage system.
NOTE The storage does not have to be mounted on the render nodes if you are using BrowseD for background
rendering. See Using BrowseD for Rendering with Burn for Lustre.
Share the storage for rw access from background render nodes
To allow read and write access, the storage must be exported from the system to which it is connected. This
makes it possible for the background rendering components on the network to remotely mount the storage
system.
NOTE Skip this section if you are using BrowseD.
To make the storage system visible over the network:
1 Log in to the Lustre system (or the central storage system) as root. The storage filesystem is mounted
as /mnt/StorageMedia (on HP Z800 workstations) or /mnt/md0 (on older workstations).
2 Open for editing /etc/exports. The file appears, lists the available network shares (filesystems mountable
over the network).
3 Append in the file a line for the mount point of the storage filesystem: /mnt/StorageMedia
*(rw,no_subtree_check,async) or /mnt/md0 *(rw,no_subtree_check,async). Other users on the
network will access the storage devices by mounting its network share.
4 Save and close the file.
5 Activate the new network share for the storage device. Type: exportfs -a The list of network shares
is refreshed from the exports file.
6 Verify the storage filesystem mount points are listed in the output of exportfs.
Install Backburner Manager and Backburner Web Monitor
On Lustre stations, Backburner components are automatically installed with the Lustre software. The installer
asks you if you want to run Backburner components on the station.
See the Autodesk Backburner Installation Guide for detailed information on configuring Backburner.
To avoid performance degradation, it is recommended to avoid running Backburner components on your
Lustre stations, and to relocate Backburner Manager on a dedicated Linux machine in your network. Render
jobs handled by Backburner can be viewed and managed in Backburner Web Monitor from any workstation
on the network.
To install Backburner Manager and Backburner Web Monitor on a Linux system:
1 In a terminal, as root, access the Autodesk Lustre software installation package (from a downloaded
tar file or on USB key).
2 Install components (Server, Manager and Web Monitor): rpm -Uvh backburner*.
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