1.6 DR

[jacobhutson]

getting these errors on dr nodes at random
2017-03-15 11:28:57   Downloaded scene: 48,267,264 bytes in 0 s
2017-03-15 11:29:02   Received sampling focus mask
2017-03-15 11:30:01   Started EXR dump (12,149,003 bytes, filename: C:/Users/render/AppData/Local/CoronaRenderer/DrData/dump3163.exr)
2017-03-15 11:30:01   Finished EXR dump after 0 s
2017-03-15 11:31:49   Received sampling focus mask
2017-03-15 11:33:07   Got a message from remote: terminate_soft
2017-03-15 11:33:17   DR is finished

2017-03-15 11:30:00  Rendering pass 117
2017-03-15 11:30:01  Rendering pass 118
2017-03-15 11:30:01  Rendering pass 119


2017/03/15 11:29:58 INF: [02568] [11172] CORONA : Rendering pass 112
2017/03/15 11:29:59 INF: [02568] [11172] CORONA : Rendering pass 113
2017/03/15 11:30:00 INF: [02568] [11172] CORONA : Rendering pass 114
2017/03/15 11:30:00 INF: [02568] [11172] CORONA : Rendering pass 115

2017-03-15 11:20:30   Sending file to remote side failed
2017-03-15 11:20:30   Sending file to remote side failed
2017-03-15 11:20:30   Sending file to remote side failed
2017-03-15 11:20:30   Sending file to remote side failed

[jacobhutson]

closing DR server does not terminate the max session it starts - !!!!!!!!!
so when it restarts it starts a new max PID. Bound to lead to memory leaks/crashes

it closes the max if it hasnt done anything. but if it renders it doesnt unload.

[3dcorner]

Hi

I can confirm that DR slave 3ds max process stay without answer after host finish rendering and cannot start next job. I run renders through backburner (grrr..!!!).... so it starts on render node and after I finish work on workstation I run DR server and workstation start as render node for render node - heh complicated but I assume you will understand it :)

I attached today morning screenshot from render node computer which host DR renders over the night. DR server 3ds max process of course keep no answer but DR host is with out answer as well from 3 hours. Reders reach one of two limits or maybe booth at the same time - 200 passes or 3.0 noise level. I cannot even save it now :(

Tom

[jacobhutson]

deadline is not upto 1.6, they are working on it fast.
you can disable sending parameters to max which lets you submit the job.
goto options in SMTD and turn off EXPORT RENDER SPECIFIC ADVANCED SETTINGS
you cant then change parameters in deadline, but they are working on it

with 15/3
DRserver seems to be ending the 3dsmax process now.
and seems significantly more stable than 8/3, had almost no issues (not none) with a render job

[denisgo22]

deadline is not upto 1.6, they are working on it fast.
you can disable sending parameters to max which lets you submit the job.
goto options in SMTD and turn off EXPORT RENDER SPECIFIC ADVANCED SETTINGS
you cant then change parameters in deadline, but they are working on it

with 15/3
DRserver seems to be ending the 3dsmax process now.
and seems significantly more stable than 8/3, had almost no issues (not none) with a render job

VEEERY helpful///
Thanks///

[ihabkal]

deadline is not upto 1.6, they are working on it fast.
you can disable sending parameters to max which lets you submit the job.
goto options in SMTD and turn off EXPORT RENDER SPECIFIC ADVANCED SETTINGS
you cant then change parameters in deadline, but they are working on it

with 15/3
DRserver seems to be ending the 3dsmax process now.
and seems significantly more stable than 8/3, had almost no issues (not none) with a render job

there is a huge difference between rendering a couple of chairs and a real world project, how big is that job you tested on? because on my jobs it fails unless I make a small scene with a couch only for testing..etc...

[Juraj]

Installing latest daily introduced even more bugs : /.

Dr server status "Uknown, didn't respon in xyz seconds", CoronaLog states connection to DrServer was successful though.
'Cannot cancel' bug got more severe, before it would sometimes work, now it works never :- ) when pressing it in framebuffer, although cancel with max tab works.

Bugs unrelated to latest daily:

- Fail to allocate ram. Scenes that perfectly fit within, will fail to allocate some absurd small number. Happens at random.
- Master PC fails to keep searching after DR fails. Will simply write 'closed' and that's it.

Can provide a scene of course.

[jacobhutson]

deadline is not upto 1.6, they are working on it fast.
you can disable sending parameters to max which lets you submit the job.
goto options in SMTD and turn off EXPORT RENDER SPECIFIC ADVANCED SETTINGS
you cant then change parameters in deadline, but they are working on it

with 15/3
DRserver seems to be ending the 3dsmax process now.
and seems significantly more stable than 8/3, had almost no issues (not none) with a render job

not very, it was a production scene, i ran this on two different jobs, one low by normal standards, the other chock full of trees and grass and stuff. using every speck of ram in the render nodes (32gb)

so to me it fixed an immediate issue of being able to send the jobs.
I think i may of been lucky with the stability. seems lots of people were still having dr issues with 15/3.



there is a huge difference between rendering a couple of chairs and a real world project, how big is that job you tested on? because on my jobs it fails unless I make a small scene with a couch only for testing..etc...

[Ondra]

The new build contains a lot of DR bugfixes. Can anyone confirm if it is working without problems now?

[Dionysios.TS]

The new build contains a lot of DR bugfixes. Can anyone confirm if it is working without problems now?

I'll send a couple of Bacburner jobs in a few minutes. I'll let you know! :)

[Dionysios.TS]

The new build contains a lot of DR bugfixes. Can anyone confirm if it is working without problems now?

For now everything works fine!!!! No errors and the DR servers work at 100%
Good job guys!

[Ondra]

glad to hear that! Anyone else tried it? It is crucial for us to fix the last bugs before the 1.6 release

[jacobhutson]

m 2017+22/3 version w 10 nodes
on real scene, with everything scene converted using tool and saved as m17
pressing stop seems to make it hang
pressing cancel does not

i get the collecting samples from dr slaves message that never goes away and you have to hard kill max.
doesn't happen all the time, annoyinbg enough.

[sevecek]

m 2017+22/3 version w 10 nodes
on real scene, with everything scene converted using tool and saved as m17
pressing stop seems to make it hang
pressing cancel does not

i get the collecting samples from dr slaves message that never goes away and you have to hard kill max.
doesn't happen all the time, annoyinbg enough.

Could you send me minidump when this freeze occurs?

[Dionysios.TS]

m 2017+22/3 version w 10 nodes
on real scene, with everything scene converted using tool and saved as m17
pressing stop seems to make it hang
pressing cancel does not

i get the collecting samples from dr slaves message that never goes away and you have to hard kill max.
doesn't happen all the time, annoyinbg enough.

I had those issues in the past but with the latest build everything works fine. Sorry to hear this... :(