Modifying Manager Settings
 
 
 

The Manager tab contains a number of items for setting Backburner Manager behaviour relating to job processing. This includes setting what information is logged, the maximum number of jobs permitted on the network, how many times the manager will resend a job to the same server, and what happens to jobs once they are completed.

The following table summarizes the contents of the interface.

Area Field Description
Logging and Notification Logging Level
  • Error: Fatal errors that halt the processing of a job.
  • Warning: Operations that complete with non-fatal errors.
  • Info: Successful operations, possibly with minor faults or caveats.
  • Debug and Debug Extended: Detailed state information, including TCP/IP packet information. Helpful in tracking down bugs.
  • Debug Extended: A more verbose listing than Debug.
  Default Mail Server The smpt mail server through which all email notifications for this manager are sent.

Note that this can be overridden for individual jobs. See Viewing Job Details and Job Tasks.

Server Assignment Max Concurrent Jobs The maximum number of jobs Backburner will send out for processing on the render farm at the same time.
Task Failures Retry Count The number of times the Backburner Manager attempts to restart a job on a server that has failed to complete its processing.

A failed job may be returned by Backburner to the job processing queue.

Set to zero (0) to have job processing halted on the server after its first failure.

Default is 3.

  Time Between Retries The time before the Backburner Manager attempts to re-start a job on a server that has failed. Works in conjunction with Retry Count.

Default is 30 seconds.

Job Handling On Job Completion Specifies what happens to a job once it has successfully completed:
  • Leave: Job is left in the job list.
  • Archive After: Remove from the job list and place in the archive after the number of days specified.
  • Delete After: Permanently remove from the job list after the number of days specified.