Apple Compressor (4.0) - Manual (Page 251)

Chapter 8 Use Apple Qmaster to set up a distributed processing system 251
Toolbar
The Apple Qmaster toolbar contains the following buttons.
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History: Opens the History drawer, where you can view a full log of all the dates and names of
batches submitted from your computer and check the current status of all processing batches.
The Progress column is updated every 5 seconds.
Additionally, you can drag previously submitted batches to the batch list in the Apple Qmaster
window to add a copy of them to a batch you’re creating. To drag a job or batch from the
History drawer in Apple Qmaster, select the first column of the job or batch, and drag.
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Set Environment: Opens a dialog where you can add environment variables and preflight scripts.
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Notification: Opens a dialog where you can set (or reset) an email address to which the status
of a batch (completion or failure) can be sent. Apple Qmaster does not currently support SMTP
servers that require authentication.
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Share Monitor: Opens Share Monitor, which allows you to view the status of all batches
being processed.
Batch table columns
The Batch table lists the individual jobs in a batch.
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Type: One of four job types: Shake, Maya, Generic Render, or Shell (UNIX).
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Command: The actual command for the job.
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Working Directory: If relevant, the directory from which you want the command to be executed.
Additional settings
The Apple Qmaster window includes other important elements for creating and submitting
jobs and batches.
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Batch name: Enter the name of the batch in this field. (This is the name that appears in
Share Monitor.)
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Submit To: Use this pop-up menu to choose an available cluster to process the current batch.
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Command: Use this pop-up menu to create commands.