Managing a Fusers Pool

Fusers are allocated on a first come first served basis, i.e., to the first PhotoMesh Build Manager that requests fusers from the pool. If a subsequent manager submits a request for a user, but no fusers are currently available in the pool, the manager continually checks the fusers pool for a fuser that was returned to the pool, at which point it assigns the fuser to its project’s working folder. If you want to manually allocate fusers, you can do so from the Pool Manager page. From this page, you can monitor and manage all the fusers in the pool, e.g., assign fusers to specific projects’ working folders and prevent their being returned to the pool.

To manage a fusers pool:

1.     In the Build Manager dialog, in the Auto Scaling section, click the Pool Manager link. The PhotoMesh – Pool Manager page is displayed, with information on all the fusers in the pool. You can also access the Pool Manager from the Tools tab and from the Start page's Automation Dashboard. You can set any of the following for either selected or all fusers:

§  Assign to a project

§  Modify their idle timeout

§  Set private or public status

§  Add a comment

2.     If you want to manually assign fusers to a project’s working folder, do the following:

a.     Select the fusers’ check boxes, and click Assign. The Assign Fusers dialog is displayed.

Assign Fusers

b.     Enter the working folder and fuser folders.

c.     If you want to prevent these fusers from being restored to the pool after completing their current tasks, select the private check box.

d.     Click OK.

3.     If you want to modify the idle timeout set for certain fusers, select the fusers’ check boxes, and click Set Idle Time. Then enter the time in seconds, and click OK.

Set Idle Time

4.     Fusers can be made available to all master computers in a pool or restricted to a specific project's working folder. If you want to change fusers’ availability in the pool, i.e., to either make them available in the pool (public) or restrict their use to a specific project (private), select the fusers’ check boxes, and click Private/Pool. Then select the private check box to make them private (or clear to make them public), and click OK.

Note:        Private fusers are not restored to the pool even after completing their current tasks. If you want to assign fusers to a specific project’s working folder, but have them returned to the pool after they complete their tasks, clear this check box, and see step 3.

5.     If you want to write a comment for certain fusers, select the fusers’ check boxes, and click Comment. Then type the comment, and click OK.