Suspending and Reactivating Jobs

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Suspending and reactivating jobs is the most common system management task performed using the Backburner Monitor or Web Monitor. You suspend and reactivate jobs to better manage overall system resources. For example, you may suspend one job temporarily to transfer its Render Nodes to a higher priority job. Once the higher priority job is complete, you reactivate the suspended job to allow it to complete rendering.

When you suspend a job, the Render Nodes assigned to it either drop the task they are processing or finish the task, depending on where they are. The next pending job becomes active and is processed by the system.

Use the following procedures to suspend and reactivate jobs using either the Backburner Monitor or the Backburner Web Monitor. If you are using the Windows-based Backburner Monitor, you must have access to system management tools before you can perform these procedures. See Accessing System Management Tools from the Backburner Web Monitor.

To suspend a rendering job using the Backburner Web Monitor:

In a Backburner Web Monitor, click Jobs.
Locate the job to be stopped and then click Suspend.
When prompted, click OK to stop the job.

The job is suspended. The icon for the job turns yellow to indicate its new status.

To reactivate a suspended rendering job using the Backburner Web Monitor:

In the Backburner Web Monitor, click Jobs.
Locate the suspended job and then click Activate.
When prompted, click OK to reactivate the job.

The job is reactivated or becomes pending in the queue if another job is currently being processed. The icon for the job also changes colour to indicate its new status. Reactivated jobs are indicated by a green icon while pending jobs are indicated by a white icon.

To suspend a rendering job using the Backburner Monitor:

From the Backburner Monitor with access to system management tools, select one or more active or pending jobs in the Job list.
Do one of the following:
- In the toolbar, click the Suspend button (or press Ctrl+S).
- Choose Jobs | Suspend.
- Right-click a job in the Job list and choose Suspend.
The selected job is suspended. The icon for the job turns yellow to indicate the job's new status.

Note: If one of the selected jobs is completed, the Suspend button is disabled.

To reactivate a suspended rendering job using the Backburner Monitor:

From the Backburner Monitor with access to system management tools, select a suspended job as shown by a yellow icon.
Do one of the following:
- In the toolbar, click the Activate button (or press Ctrl+A).
- Right-click the job and choose Activate.
  
  Choose Jobs | Activate.
The selected job is either reactivated or becomes pending in the queue if another job is currently being processed. The icon for the job also changes colour to indicate its new status. Reactivated jobs are indicated by a green icon while pending jobs are indicated by a white icon.