Spawner Fails

[CCS]

Well, I opened the one that came with the install, added a couple boxes and rendered it successfully, then exited saving the new version. So, I know that file "works".

Is that what you mean?

[RErender]

Yep, that's what I meant.

Do all the Max installs match exactly as far as plug-ins and scripts, mapped paths, etc?

[CCS]

Yep. Identical.

[RErender]

Just a shot in the dark, but you might try moving your license dongle over to one of the slave machines.

[CCS]

Here's a kick in the head. Just for grins I tried rendering from the slave and pointing to the workstation under DR settings. It worked!

Now, I'm glad that it worked, but why doesn't it work the other way?

(BTW, thanks to Chris for lots of MSN help in figuring this out.)

[re:FORM]

I dont know if this is related to DR problems or not, but in the backburner monitor, I'm getting 3 instances of the node appearing in the server list that wont work in DR. I've checked the task manager, and there's only one instance of server running. Any idea what could be causing this problem?

[re:FORM]

This is persisting.. What possible reason would there be for having 2 extra phantom instances of a node in my renderfarm that appear to be 'absent'? And how do I remove them?

[RErender]

This is persisting.. What possible reason would there be for having 2 extra phantom instances of a node in my renderfarm that appear to be 'absent'? And how do I remove them?

perhaps conflicting ip's or machine names on your network?

[re:FORM]

nope, IP's and names are all unique.

Turns out you can clear it by deleting the contents of the backburner\Network\Servers folder, then restart server and manager

This new version of backburner is a serious nightmare. It refuses to send jobs out to all servers sometimes.... Does anyone have a solution to this problem?

<edit>
Autodesk have released an update to BB that fixes this problem (jobs being stuck on one server.... not the spawner problem as far as I am aware though)

http://www.autodesk.it/adsk/servlet/...linkID=5573345

[re:FORM]

To get back on topic.....

I don't have max7 so I can't install the old BB.... and it doesnt appear to be available on the autodesk website.

Is this the only solution to this problem?

Vlado, Is there a bugfix in development for future releases? Do you have anything more to suggest to help me get DR working?

[RErender]

Here's a kick in the head. Just for grins I tried rendering from the slave and pointing to the workstation under DR settings. It worked!

Now, I'm glad that it worked, but why doesn't it work the other way?

(BTW, thanks to Chris for lots of MSN help in figuring this out.)

Is this a software license issue?
We can't get some of our slaves to pick up a license since installing R3. Have tried everything including copy the patch dll over the new install dll?

???

Oh - and this is good ole, hard working max 6.

You need to install on the render slaves with the "software license" option (*do not* copy any .dlls from other v-ray versions). This will cause the slaves to not require a license at all when 3dsmax is started in slave mode.

Best regards,
Vlado

[CCS]

I didn't copy anything after install.
Well, except for the MAX and XML.

Any other ideas?

[RErender]

You said you installed the WIBU drivers which implies that you installed the dongle version, you might try again with the software license version.

[CCS]

Nah. The WIBU thing was back in RC2. I took the plunge into RC3 a few months back hoping for a miracle.

[RErender]

hmmm well.... good luck with that. :P