Enable managed and unmanaged services – Apple Compressor (4.0) User Manual
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Enable managed and unmanaged services
When you configure processing services, you can choose to make them either managed services
or unmanaged services (the default).
Managed services can be assigned to serve one particular cluster controller. Once assigned,
managed services remain exclusively dedicated to that cluster until they’re removed with Apple
Qadministrator. QuickClusters can’t use managed services from other nodes, except in the case of
extended node clusters.
Unmanaged services automatically assign themselves to the first available This Computer Plus
cluster or QuickCluster with enabled unmanaged service support. QuickClusters listen for
unmanaged service advertisements and may mark or remember any of them for later use. An
unmanaged service remains dedicated to its This Computer Plus cluster or QuickCluster only
long enough to finish the current job. Once the current job is complete, an unmanaged service
is once again a “free agent” and advertises its availability to all This Computer Plus clusters
and QuickClusters.
Note: Managed clusters (those created with Apple Qadministrator) can also use unmanaged
services. When unmanaged service support is enabled on a managed cluster, the cluster
automatically adds any available unmanaged services in addition to its managed services
(that were explicitly added using Apple Qadministrator). Once the current job is complete, an
unmanaged service is once again a “free agent” and advertises its availability to all This Computer
Plus clusters and QuickClusters.
Enable unmanaged services for use with This Computer Plus
You enable unmanaged services after submitting a batch from Compressor.
1
Select a batch in the batch window, and click the Submit button.
2
In the dialog that appears, select the This Computer Plus checkbox.
For more information about submitting a batch, see
on page 147.
Enable unmanaged services on QuickClusters
1
In Compressor, choose Apple Qmaster > Share This Computer.
2
To create a QuickCluster, select “Share this computer” and “as QuickCluster with services.”
3
Select “Include unmanaged services from other computers.”
4
Click OK.
For more information about creating QuickClusters, see
Set up a cluster controller using
on page 224.
Enable unmanaged services on managed clusters
1
In Apple Qadministrator, select a cluster in the Cluster list, or click the Add (+) button to add a
new cluster.
2
Select “Allow use of unmanaged services.”
For more information about creating managed clusters, see
on
page 258.