Monitoring machine health - PRODUCTION

The panels in the diagnostics section allow you to

• Monitor hardware data

• Switch between main and backup machines using an external Videohub router

Want to check the network health? Learn more about how to test the network health

Monitor hardware data

Monitoring machine data in real time can be essential for identifying failing hardware.

Our health panel shows you the current state of relevant hardware data on all connected machines.

Hardware data

• CPU core temperature

• CPU core utilization

• Video card temperature

• RAM memory usage

• GPU core temperature

• GPU core utilization

• GPU memory usage

States

	Not running	Normal	Warning	Critical

To get this real time data from your hardware, our Pixotope diagnostics service needs elevated permissions. Windows' User Account Control needs to be confirmed

• for every monitored machine

• on every restart (unless User Account Control is deactivated)

Set up health monitoring

1. Go to PRODUCTION > Diagnostics > Health

2. Click "Start local diagnostics service" and confirm the User Account Control dialog

   • This starts the Pixotope diagnostics service

3. If visible machines are missing data

   1. Access the Director on this machine

   2. Go to PRODUCTION > Diagnostics > Settings

   3. Click "Start local diagnostics service" and confirm the User Account Control dialog

Learn more about how to Start local diagnostics service on startup

Adjust the amount of machines displayed in a row

1. Go to PRODUCTION > Diagnostics > Settings

2. Change the number of machines displayed in a single row

Adjust thresholds

The default thresholds for when a Warning or a Critical state should be displayed might differ depending on your hardware or the levels you run. To adjust them

1. Go to PRODUCTION > Diagnostics > Settings

Switch between Main and Backup machines

Learn more about how to Set up render machine backups (failover)