Monitoring Rendering Nodes



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Use the browser-based BackburnerWeb Monitor or the Windows-based Backburner Monitor to track the nodes on a Backburner Distributed Queueing System. It is a good idea to regularly check the status of nodes on the system to:

Depending on the Backburner application used in your facility, do one of the following to monitor Render Nodes:

These procedures can be done from a Backburner Web Monitor or Backburner Monitor running in read-only mode. You do not need access to system management tools to monitor Render Nodes on the system.

Monitoring Rendering Nodes using the Backburner Web Monitor

Monitor the status of Render Nodes with the browser-based Backburner Web Monitor using the following procedure.

To view Render Node status in the Backburner Web Monitor:

  1. Start the Backburner Web Monitor through a Web browser. See Monitoring System Activity.

  2. Click Servers.

    The Server list appears, showing all Render Nodes on the system.

    This list shows the following information for each node:

    • The job the node is currently rendering, if any.

    • The current status of the node.

    • The available hard disk space and memory for the node.

  3. Click a Render Node in the Server list to view its details.

    Detailed hardware and software information for the node appears, such as the amount of RAM, hard disk space, operating system, and installed plug-ins.

  4. Click Servers to return to the list of nodes.

Monitoring Rendering Nodes using Backburner Monitor

Monitor the status of Render Nodes in the Windows-based Backburner Monitor using the following procedure.

To view Render Node status in the Backburner Monitor:

  1. Start Backburner Monitor and connect to a Backburner Distributed Queueing System. See Monitoring System Activity.

    The Server List area appears at the bottom of the Monitor. This area shows nodes organized in a hierarchical tree view and as a list.

    a) Hierarchical tree view b) List of Render Nodes

    The tree view presents a hierarchical list of all node groups, as well as the plug-ins available for the system. You can use this area to see which Render Nodes are available to render jobs, as well as manage groups of nodes.

    The list of Render Nodes shows all nodes assigned to the group selected in the tree view. If no group is selected, all Render Nodes on the system appear in this area. By default, this area shows the following information for each node:

    • The name and current status of the node

    • The job the node is currently processing

    • The last message sent by the node to the Backburner Manager

  2. If necessary, customize the information shown in the list of Render Nodes. See Customizing the Rendering Node List in Backburner Monitor.

    You can find a particular node using search functionality available in the node list. Continue to the next step to use this functionality or go to step 4 to view the properties of a node on the system.

  3. To locate a Render Node, do any of the following:

    • Scroll through the entries in the list using the provided scroll bars. The scroll bars appear when the number of nodes in the list exceeds its display area.

    • Rearrange the list alphanumerically by clicking the name of a column to reorder the list in ascending or descending order.

    • Filter the list of Render Nodes by first clicking the square filter icon at the right side of each column, and then using the dialog that appears to filter the list based on your criteria.

  4. Right-click a Render Node and choose Properties (or press Ctrl+N).

    The Server Properties dialog appears, showing hardware and software information for the node.

Customizing the Rendering Node List in Backburner Monitor

Add, remove, and rearrange information shown in the list of Render Nodes using the following procedures. You do this to customize Backburner Monitor to suit your preferences and needs.

Note: You cannot customize the node list in the Backburner Web Monitor.

To add information to the list of Render Nodes:

  1. Do one of the following to view information not currently displayed in the list of Render Nodes:

    • Choose Server | Column Chooser.

    • Right-click any node in the list and choose Column Chooser.

    The Server Columns dialog appears.

  2. Click and drag the column title for the information to be added to the column title bar above the list of Render Nodes.

    When you drag the column title to this bar, a pair of arrows indicate where the information can be placed.

    In general, you can add information anywhere except as the leftmost column.

  3. Once you are satisfied with its placement, drop the column to add it to the list.

    The column is added and information for each Render Node appears.

To rearrange columns in the list of Render Nodes:

  • Click and drag the column title just slightly to the left of the position where you want the column to appear in the Job list.

    The information appears in its new position.

To remove a column from the list of Render Nodes:

  • Right-click the column title of the information to be removed and choose Remove Column.

    Note: You cannot remove the Server column from the list of Render Nodes.

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