Using apple qmaster 2 – Apple Qmaster 2 User Manual

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Using Apple Qmaster 2

The Apple Qmaster system provides automated work
distribution and processing for high-volume projects
created with Shake and other digital visual effects
software packages.

This document describes the Apple Qmaster application, one of several applications
in the Apple Qmaster distributed processing system. The complete system includes
controls for configuring clusters of processing computers and to monitor, stop, or
cancel work that has been submitted. Users who submit batches can also monitor,
stop, or cancel their own batches.

The Apple Qmaster application described in this document is the “client interface” that
you use to submit jobs for distributed processing. Apple Qmaster can accept jobs from
Shake, Alias Maya, and any UNIX command-line program. For information on how to
create a complete network for Apple Qmaster processing, and on how the
Apple Qmaster application works with the rest of the Apple Qmaster system, see

Distributed Processing Setup

This document describes:

The Apple Qmaster Distributed Processing System

(p. 4)

The Apple Qmaster Interface

(p. 5)

Submitting Batches for Apple Qmaster Processing

(p. 8)

Creating an Extended Node Cluster (Using Nodes Without Apple Qmaster
Installed)

(p. 16)

Setting Environment Variables in Apple Qmaster

(p. 19)