DR Spawner doesn't load vraydummy.max... DR not working

V-Ray V-Ray for 3ds Max Issues
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Hi all,

I’m setting up new hardware. Everything is ok except DR.
When launching Vray DR Spawner, Max loads in the taskbar but it stays on “Untitled” and doesn’t load “vraydummy.max” as it should.

When i try to use the DR Check utilily on the main machine, it seems ok :

C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3ds Max 2018\bin>vraydr_check -host=192.168.0.201 -port=20204
Status:ready
Num processors:40
V-Ray core version:4.30.00
V-Ray revision info: Nov 18 2019 20:04:48

But when launching a DR render, processors stay idle on the render node and no bucket show up.

I’m on Max 2018, and latest Vray Next.

If anyone have a idea of what might be the problem, that would be great !
Thanks in advance

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Hi Pixelo, as a side note please let me suggest to you to take a look at the Pulze Render Manager. You can download the free beta now. It scans your system and notifies you about all the possible network or software problems. In this way it serves you as a debugging tool not just a render farm manager.
For more info please visit the webpage RenderFlow - The Operating System for Your Render Farm or the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL3so3zvEYvjJshtmkq8CWg
Best, Attila

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Hi.

Thanks Attila for the advice, i’l ltry the Pulze Render Manager.
In the meanwhile i have solutionned my problem by using the spanwer as a service.

Have a nice day,

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Does it work if you start the spawner as an administrator?

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Hi Ivan,

Thanks for your answer.
I’ve tried as admin but it was reacting the same.

But i think my problem was due to firewall issues. The drcheck utility was seing the node but data wasn’t getting thru when launching a render job.

Now as a service with firewall properly configured, it works great.