DR Machine Status

[VelvetElvis]

Is there a way to check the status of your DR boxes, something similar to the backburner manager? It would be nice to know that the spawner was up and running on ~25 machines without have to manually check or send out a render.

[davexl]

There is - it is basic but does the job.

http://help.chaosgroup.com/vray/misc/

vraydr_check.exe

Trimmed version of my batchfile:

@echo off

:start
echo .
echo .
echo ________________________________________________
echo .
echo X79B
C:\Apps\vraydr_check.exe -host=X79B -port=20204
echo ___________________________________________
echo .
echo SR2A
C:\Apps\vraydr_check.exe -host=SR2A -port=20204
echo ___________________________________________
echo .
echo SR2B
C:\Apps\vraydr_check.exe -host=SR2B -port=20204
echo ___________________________________________
echo .
echo SR2D
C:\Apps\vraydr_check.exe -host=SR2D -port=20204
echo ___________________________________________


TIMEOUT 15
goto start

[VelvetElvis]

Awesome, thanks!

[davexl]

Hmmm, I think the new VRAY 3.1 broke this tool... gives a protocol error now.

[theedge]

Is it confirmed that vraydr_check doesnt work anymore with vray 3.1 ? That would be very unfortunate !

[Svetlozar Draganov]

I can confirm that vraydr_check tool does not work with 3.1.
I am going to report it into our system and I'll update this thread once the tool is updated.

[davexl]

Any update on this lovely little tool?

Super handy to check the farm is up to date...

[Svetlozar Draganov]

It is not updated yet.

[samuel_bubat]

I ´m controlling and monitoring my Renderslaves with Refamo. Pretty much the best 100eur you can spend for a small renderfarm. You can batch start, kill, restart any process on the slave machines including VraySpawner. You can monitor CPU, Memory, HDD, Network traffic etc. Also you can use it as safety tool to shut down your machines when they are getting to hot.
http://www.refamo.com/
There is demo available

[jackieteh]

Hi i have download vraydr_check tool, after i extract the zip file, and double click on vraydr_check.exe, it doesn't open, may i know how to use it step by step, thank you very much.

Regards,
Jackie

[Svetlozar Draganov]

It is a command line tool which means it doesn't have UI and you have to start it via Command Prompt.
There is a readme.txt file which comes with the archive, open it and check the Usage section.

Let us know if you have any questions.

[jackieteh]

It is a command line tool which means it doesn't have UI and you have to start it via Command Prompt.
There is a readme.txt file which comes with the archive, open it and check the Usage section.

Let us know if you have any questions.

in the readme.exe it show this [ C:\temp\vraydr_check>x64\vraydr_check.exe -host=192.168.1.5 -port=20204 ] but my Command Prompt show this [ c:\Users\jackie ] and i cannot delete it or change it

Regards,
Jackie

[jackieteh]

Hi Svetlozar Draganov,

Problem sloved, thank you very much and sorry to give you trouble

Regards,
Jackie

[jackieteh]

one more question, my local pc show the vray core version is 2.00.01, and my slave vray core version 2.0.1, is it the same version? and i cannot shut down the V-Ray\RT for 3ds Max 2014 for x64\bin\vray.exe even i press Ctrl+C, help please?

Regards,
Jackie

[tashko.zashev]

Hi,

my local pc show the vray core version is 2.00.01, and my slave vray core version 2.0.1, is it the same version?

It looks like a different version. Can you check the exact date of the builds ? You can also compare the builds by starting RT render server and check the build date.

and i cannot shut down the V-Ray\RT for 3ds Max 2014 for x64\bin\vray.exe even i press Ctrl+C, help please?

Starting the Vray.exe in CMD should only print a list of the available options/commands. Would it be possible to provide us with more details about this issue? What is the exact V-Ray version installed on the machine ? Can you post some screenshots ?