DR spawner problem

[chickensalad]

Hi,

I've read some threads here at the forum regarding DR spawner issues but still havent been able to solve my problem.

This is the setup Im currently trying to use:

My workstation, max 2015 and vray 3.0, the dongle is inserted in my computer. I want it to use another computer in the office with max 2015 and vray 3.0 installed as render slave for DR rendering.

This is the message I get from the log:

So the Visu computer gets the scene transfered to it, loads it, and starts to render. Then a millisecond later it says render completed and its stops responding. No buckets appear and my workstation
keeps on rendering while the procedure repeats itself.

I can start the spawner on the 2nd computer and the max dummy boot up as it should. I've tried disabling the firewall but no luck.

Can somebody please help me?

[Svetlozar Draganov]

First make sure that the V-ray Client License settings for each slave machine is configured to look for V-Ray License Server on the machine where the dongle is plugged.
Then double check that all the machines have the same V-Ray build installed.

How does the vray-spawner launched? As a windows service or manually? Try to load it manually and run another test.
In order to simplify to tests please do not use pre-made scenes, instead create one very simple scene with a few basic primitives and light, increase the Image Sampler quality in order to slow down the rendering and perform all the tests with that scene.

After the test is completed please send us vraylog.txt files - one form the problematic render node machine and one from the machine where the DR job is submitted. It can be found in User's Temp directory on both machines. Please note that the option "Restart servers on render end" in Distributed Rendering options should NOT be enabled in order to preserve the log overwriting.

When max dummy boot up and the machine does not participate in DR does it stay stable in the taksbar or it is constantly being restarted?

Let us know the exact version/service pack of V-Ray/3DSMax/OS.

[chickensalad]

Hi,

Sorry I havent replied in any way. Been busy and put the farm work on pause.

But I took a look at it yesterday. I tried to render via the backburner and got an license error in the log. Started looking in to it, and the reason I guess is because I only have 1 interface and 1 node license on my donlge.
I tought I also had 5 DR licenses on it but I was wrong. So If i upgrade and add some DR licenses everything should work I believe

Thanks for the help!

[chickensalad]

Hi again,

Im back with a follow up question on my DR issues.

We have purchased vray 3.0 licenses, so the licenses issue is gone. But a new problem has risen:

We currently have three computers, all with 3Ds Max 2015 and vray 3.0 installed. One of the computers works as render server and has a vray license server installed. The other two as workstations.
Everything works like a charm(we get the licenses from the server, backburner works without any issues - manager is on the server) except the spawners.
Heres a screenshot of the log:



All computers get the same error when I try to use DR rendering on them.

Can you point me in the right direction please?

Note: It worked for a short while. Im not 100% sure if it worked after we updated max 2015 to SP3 and added Extension 1 & 2 of it stopped working after we did that. Could that has somethink to do with it?

[Svetlozar Draganov]

This is a bug with the latest official SP, please check the thread bellow:
http://forums.chaosgroup.com/showthr...-%28sarcasm%29

The issue is already solved into the Stable Nightly Builds.
If you have access to the Nightlies please download and install the latest one, if you haven't please contact us at support@chaosgroup.com and include a a link to this thread.

[cecil gittens]

Having the same problem, how can i get access to the nightly builds?

Cecil

[Svetlozar Draganov]

Please contact us at support@chaosgroup.com and include a link to this thread.
Let us know also know the exact V-Ray/3DSMax versions you are using.