Archiving Jobs
 
 
 

Archiving conveniently removes completed jobs from the job queue. It is a practical means for keeping the job queue organized by reducing clutter. Its advantage over deleting completed jobs is in preserving all the information needed to re-submit the jobs at a later date. You can also restore an archived job simply to examine job details, such as the render nodes that processed it. This can assist in identifying problems—if unexpected or unsatisfactory results occurred, for example. Archiving can also be part of a facility backup strategy, since the archive represents a job history, in compact form. Note, however, that the job archive contains metadata (job details) only—it does not contain source material or rendered frames.

Use the following procedures to archive a job, restore an archived job, or delete a job from the archive. Jobs can be archived automatically, when the manager has been configured to do so. You can also archive jobs directly from the monitor, as explained here. Note that archiving a job has no effect upon the associated media. The job archive contains job metadata only; that is, it contains the information needed to restart a job, but not the source media.

To archive a job:

  1. Select the job of interest.
  2. Do one of the following to archive the selected job:
    • From the Jobs menu, choose Archive Job.
    • Right-click the job and then choose Archive Job.
  3. When prompted, click OK.

    The job is archived and removed from the Job list. By default, archived jobs are saved to the Network\Archive folder where the Backburner Manager is installed.

To restore or delete a job from the archive:

  1. Display the Job Archive dialog by doing one of the following:
    • From the Jobs menu, choose Job Archives.
    • Right-click any job in the Job list and choose Job Archives.

    The Job Archive dialog appears, presenting information for all archived jobs. The columns and information presented are fixed.

    TipClick Refresh if you do not see all the jobs expected.
  2. Select a job (or jobs) and perform the desired action, as explained in the following table.
    Action Result
    Delete Removes the job from the archive.

    Since deletion cannot be undone, you are asked to confirm your action.

    Activate Restores a selected job to the job queue, removing it from the archive. You can then choose to modify its settings and restart the job.

    Jobs reappear in the job queue with the settings they had when archived. This includes job status. If a job was suspended or completed when it was archived, once restored, you must re-activate or restart it to start the processing again.

    Refresh Updates the display with the most recently archived jobs.
  3. Once finished, close the Job Archives dialog to return to the Backburner Windows Monitor.