Installation workflows

Processing is performed by dedicated Backburner server nodes

Installation

1. Set up your Visual Effects, Finishing and Grading workstation. WiretapCentral, Wiretap Gateway, Backburner Manager, and Backburner Monitor are automatically installed on the workstation.
2. Install Backburner Server and the Media I/O Adapter on a Dedicated System. Backburner Server and the Media I/O Adapter are automatically installed on Burn render nodes with the latest version of Autodesk Burn or Autodesk Burn for Lustre. See the Autodesk Burn Installation and User Guide or the Burn for Lustre sections of the Autodesk Creative Finishing Installation and Configuration Guide.
3. Make sure the media storage mount points on all the systems involved in the setup are identical. Failure to perform this step might prevent your processing network from processing jobs.
4. Configure Wiretap Gateway.
5. Test the installation.

• WiretapCentral, Backburner Manager, and Wiretap Gateway run on the Visual Effects, Finishing and Grading workstation. The applications can also leverage the Wiretap Gateway natively, without needing WiretapCentral.
• Processing is done by several dedicated nodes, each consisting of a Backburner Server and a Media I/O Adapter.
• Since processing components (Backburner Server and the Media I/O Adapter) are installed on Visual Effects, Finishing and Grading workstations, the workstations themselves can be used as processing nodes during off-peak hours.

Distributed deployment for a Visual Effects and Finishing workstation and for a Lustre Linux workstation. Includes WiretapCentral as an alternative for using the Wiretap Gateway and the render farm to import media.

Each component is on a dedicated machine

Installation:

1. Set up your Visual Effects, Finishing and Grading workstation.
2. Install Backburner Manager on a dedicated system.
3. Install and license Wiretap Gateway on a dedicated system.
4. Configure Wiretap Gateway.
5. Install WiretapCentral on a dedicated system.
6. Install Backburner Server and the Media I/O Adapter on a Dedicated System. Backburner Server and the Media I/O Adapter are automatically installed on Burn render nodes with the latest version of Autodesk Burn or Autodesk Burn for Lustre. See the Autodesk Burn Installation and User Guide or the Burn for Lustre sections of the Autodesk Creative Finishing Installation and Configuration Guide.
7. Make sure the media storage mount points on all the machines involved in the setup are identical. Failure to perform this step might prevent your processing network from processing jobs.
8. Test the installation.

In this setup each component resides on a dedicated machine on the network. Media processing is performed by processing nodes bundled in node groups in a render farm. This can be used with Lustre Windows, as Wiretap Gateway is installed on a separate Linux machine.

The performance of your Wiretap Gateway system is directly impacted by the number of applications using it at the same time (Visual Effects and Finishing applications, Lustre, WiretapCentral). To ensure optimal performance, limit the number of remote clients accessing Wiretap Gateway concurrently.

Setup for a Visual Effects and Finishing workstation, and for a Lustre Linux or Windows workstation, including WiretapCentral as an alternative for using the Wiretap Gateway and the render farm to import media.. Applications can leverage the Wiretap Gateway natively, without going through WiretapCentral.