To control the thin client Simulation Job Manager

The thin client Simulation Job Manager is not started, automatically, upon installation.

Start

To start the Simulation Job Manager enter this command at a terminal prompt:

$ <your install location>/autodesk-dssp-20YY-thinclient-XXX/bin/dssp_jobserver

The program starts as a background process, and control of the terminal is returned to you, immediately.

Stop

To stop the Simulation Job Manager, directly kill the process running in the background.

Note: Do not stop the job manager while analyses are running.
Configuration options

The Simulation Job Manager configuration options are located in the file:

<your install location>/autodesk-dssp-20YY-thinclient-XXX/bin/dsspjobclient.config

Logs

The job manager logs its status, errors and warnings to a file located in this folder:

<your install location>/autodesk-dssp-20YY-thinclient-XXX/log

You can change the name of the log file in the configuration options of the Simulation Job Manager.

Installed products

The Simulation Job Manager detects which products are available to it with addin files placed in the folder:

<your install location>/autodesk-dssp-20YY-thinclient-XXX/plugin

You can edit the addin files so that the path names match the location of the installed executables they refer to.