Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 1254

Network Rendering Manager Windows Start menu > Programs > Autodesk > Backburner > Manager The application version of the network rendering Manager provides a graphical user interface for control and monitoring purposes. It runs as a foreground process on your desktop, and remains active unless specifically shut down. Its components include a menu bar, list window, and status bar. Once you initially set up the Manager using the application version, you can run it as a service from then on. The service version provides no user interface, but once it's installed as a service and started, it's always available when the system is booted. Whichever version you use, you can monitor and control the rendering queue and system with the Queue Monitor on page 6522. To start the Manager service, execute the following from a Command Prompt window or the Start menu > Run function: "[drive letter]:\Program Files\Autodesk\Backburner\managersvc.exe" -i Replace "[drive letter]" with the letter of the drive the software is installed on. If you used a different install path, change the command line accordingly. Then either reboot the computer or go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and start the service. Thereafter the service will remain resident and active, even surviving reboots. NOTE When you run the Manager program, you might see this warning message: Job share not defined. This happens if neither the program folder nor the drive on which it resides is shared on page 6477. Normally, the servers copy files to be network rendered from the source machine using standard Windows file-copy routines, which require sharing to be in effect. If sharing is not in effect, the manager issues the warning, and then the servers use TCP/IP to copy the files. To avoid getting the warning message, you can implement sharing, but it's not really necessary. To remove the manager service from memory, execute the following from a Command Prompt window or the Start menu > Run function: "[drive letter]:\Program Files\Autodesk\Backburner\managersvc.exe" -r Manager and Server | 6509