To launch the Backburner Web Monitor:
- Open a web browser on a workstation that
has access to the Backburner network.
- In the browser's address field, enter http://<machinename>/Backburner,
where <machinename> is
the name of the workstation running the Apache server and Backurner Web Server. For example, if
the name of the workstation is caen, the address
is http://caen/Backburner.
NoteThe address is case-sensitive.
Backburner takes an uppercase ‘B’.
A pop-up dialog appears,
prompting you for a user name and password.
- Enter a user name and password and then
click OK.
The Backburner Web Monitor
appears in the browser. No network or job details are present, since
it is not yet connected to a Backburner Manager.
- From the Manager drop-down list, select
the Backburner Manager of interest.
The UI and Jobs tab are
populated with information automatically.
- The following table summarizes the contents
of each tab in the interface.
Tab |
Description |
Jobs |
The Jobs tab presents high-level information relating
to all jobs associated with the selected Backburner Manager. Use
it to view and control the jobs you submit to Backburner, as well
as to view jobs submitted to Backburner by other Autodesk applications. Double-click any job
in the list to view its details and settings.
|
Servers |
The Servers tab provides an overview of the general health
of each render node, the adapters installed on it, and so on. It
also provides access to server details, where you can set an availability
schedule, for example.
|
Server Groups |
A server group is a named collection of render nodes
that is treated, for the most part, as if it were a single node.
Use this tab to manage all aspects of server groups, including creating
new ones.
|
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.
|
Archive |
The Archive tab presents information pertaining to all
archived jobs. From here, you can delete and re-activate old jobs.
|
- You can update the display manually by
clicking the Jobs tab Refresh button, or you can set a refresh rate
from the Auto Refresh menu.
- To perform an operation on a job, select
the job in the Jobs tab, then select the desired operation from
the Action menu.
Shift-click or Ctrl-click to perform the same operation
on more than one job at a time.
- To view job details, double-click the
job of interest, or select a job and choose Settings from the Action
menu.
- When finished, end the session by logging
out of the UI and closing the browser (or tab).