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 Check 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

Go to PRODUCTION > Diagnostics > Health
Click "Start local diagnostics service" and confirm the User Account Control dialog
- This starts the Pixotope diagnostics service
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

Go to PRODUCTION > Diagnostics > Settings
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

Go to PRODUCTION > Diagnostics > Settings

Parameter	Default threshold Warning	Default threshold Critical
CPU core temperature	75°C	85°C
CPU core utilization	50%	60%
Video card temperature	60°C	75°C
RAM memory usage	50%	70%
GPU core temperature	85°C	95°C
GPU core utilization	75%	95%
GPU memory usage	60%	80%

Switch between Main and Backup machines

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