Vray GPU Render server is missing on my render slave?

[Alex_M]

Hi,

I've got a render slave machine that I want to use for DR with Vray GPU. However, it's missing the Vray GPU Render server or I can't find it. I follow the steps on this video, but when I start typing "Vray GPU Render server" in start menu, no items come up. I only have the DR spawner for the CPU renderer. I reinstalled Vray, but that didn't fix it.

[yavor.rubenov]

Hello,

What if you go to "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max 2021\Distributed rendering" with Windows Explorer ?

Best regards,
Yavor

[Alex_M]

I can see it in there, thanks! Moreover, if I type it in Start Menu, now it shows up. Strange. I have no idea why it didn't come up when I tried typing it in Start Menu a couple of days ago. Windows being Windows probably. That's why maybe it's a good idea for the CPU and GPU spawner applications to be added in the Chaos Group folder in Start Menu by default after installing Vray as render slave? I only have "Uninstall Chaos Cosmos Browser" in there currently. Just a thought.

[yavor.rubenov]

Adding things to the start menu happens by adding them in folders like C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max 2021\ - so we add everything. Why it doesn't show in searches though - is a mystery

[Alex_M]

Here's what I have in the Chaos Group Start Menu entry on the render slave machine: