Apple Compressor (4.0) User Manual
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Chapter 9
Use Apple Qadministrator to create and modify clusters
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The cluster name you create will also appear in the cluster pop-up menus in Compressor, Share
Monitor, Apple Qmaster, Final Cut Pro, and Motion.
Click the Add button...
... then rename the
Untitled Cluster.
3
In the Controller pop-up menu, choose a cluster controller from those available on the network.
Use this pop-up
menu to choose
a cluster controller.
Note: If a password was created for the cluster controller in the Apple Qmaster Sharing window,
a password authentication window appears.
4
If you want to create cluster passwords, click the Security tab and select and enter the passwords.
•
Administrator password: If you create this password, administrators will need to know it to
modify this cluster and to view this cluster’s batches in Share Monitor.
•
User password: If you create this password, users will need to know it to submit batches to this
cluster and to view those batches in Share Monitor.
Add a service node to a cluster
1
If the Qmaster Service Browser isn’t already displayed in the Apple Qadministrator window, click
the disclosure triangle to display it.
Click this disclosure triangle
to see available nodes.
2
Add service nodes to the new cluster by dragging them from the Qmaster Service Browser list at
the bottom of the window to the cluster’s service nodes list.