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The names of all Servers appear in the Server window to the right. Those
with green dots next to their names are ready to start rendering.
By default, all the Servers that are listed will take part in the rendering
job. To assign a specific Server to render a job, first turn off Use All Servers
in the Options group, and then highlight the server(s) that you want to
render the job.
12 Click the Submit button.
The Manager submits the job to the Servers, which begin rendering .
At this point, you can load and submit additional scenes. When the first
job is complete, the next job will automatically begin rendering on the
Servers.
Basic Procedure 3: Network Rendering from Manager and Servers
When rendering across a network, you first assign one machine to be Manager,
and then any number of others as Servers. In this procedure, you'll use the
Manager computer as a rendering Server as well.
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Go to Start menu > Programs > Autodesk > Backburner and choose
the Manager menu item.
This starts Manager and creates the backburner.xml file in the
Backburner\Network folder.
When you run Manager for the first time, you will see the Backburner
Manager General Properties dialog, shown below; this is normal.
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