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Table Of Contents
- Apple Qmaster 3 User Manual
- Contents
- Welcome to Apple Qmaster
- Using Apple Qmaster 3
- The Apple Qmaster Distributed Processing System
- The Apple Qmaster Interface
- Installing Apple Qmaster, Shake, and Other Applications
- Setting Up Rendering Services and Shared Storage
- Submitting Batches for Apple Qmaster Processing
- Using Nodes Without Apple Qmaster Installed
- Setting Environment Variables in Apple Qmaster
- Using the Command Line in Apple Qmaster
- Installing Apple Qmaster from the Command Line
- Shell Commands for Configuring Service Nodes and Cluster Controllers
- Shell Commands for Submitting Apple Qmaster Jobs
- Shell Commands for Submitting Compressor Jobs
- Shell Commands for Monitoring Batches
- Using Scripts to Run Apple Qmaster, Compressor, and Batch Monitor
• Maya: For more information, see Submitting Maya Batches.
• Shake: For more information, see Submitting Shake Batches.
• Shell: For more information, see Using Apple Qmaster to Submit UNIX Commands.
• Add button: Use the Add (+) button to enter a job (with the selected job type) in the
Batch table.
Add button
• Remove button: Use the Remove (–) button to delete the selected job from the Batch
table.
Remove button
• Duplicate button: Use the Duplicate button to duplicate the selected job in the Batch
table.
Duplicate button
• Serialize Jobs: Select this checkbox to execute jobs in exactly the order in which they
appear in the batch list. For example, if you have a Shake script that requires the output
of a Maya script, you can ensure that the Shake script does not execute until the Maya
script is completed.
• Priority: Use this pop-up menu to set the relative priority (urgency) for a batch. This
pop-up menu allows you to set the priority level (High, Medium, or Low) of a batch,
relative to other batches. It defaults to Medium. High-priority batches get processed
before medium-priority and low-priority batches.
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