Distributed Processing Setup Guide

2 Click the Apple Qmaster button, located in the Other section.
The Apple Qmaster pane appears.
3 If the pane is locked, unlock it by clicking the padlock in the lower-left corner to enter
the administrator name and password.
4 Select “Services only.”
5 Click Start Sharing.
This creates a service node that will automatically process jobs submitted to the
QuickCluster you set up in Stage 2: Configuring a QuickCluster.
Stage 4: Creating and Submitting a Batch
In the Compressor Batch window or in the Apple Qmaster window, create a batch with
one or more jobs. See the Compressor User Manual or the Apple Qmaster User Manual for
details.
To submit the batch
1 Do one of the following:
• If you are using Compressor: In the Compressor Batch window, click Submit, and in the
resulting dialog, do one of the following:
• Use the Cluster pop-up menu to choose the cluster you created in stage 2.
• Leave the Cluster menu set to the default This Computer setting, and select the
“Include unmanaged services on other computers” checkbox. For more information
on this option, see Using Compressor AutoClusters.
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