RE: 6.01 Batch rendering woes

Date : Wed, 23 May 2007 13:24:32 -0700
To : XSI_MailingList <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
From : Greg Smith <greg(at)stanwinston.com>
Subject : RE: 6.01 Batch rendering woes
Problem resolved, just a wonky license file.

thanks

On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:12 +0200, Schoenberger wrote:
> Have you checked your SPM server status?
> There is an information, which licenses are used by which machine.
> 
> Holger SchÃnberger 
> technical director
> The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night 
> 
>  
> 
>   |> -----Original Message-----
>   |> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM 
>   |> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Greg Smith
>   |> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:28 PM
>   |> To: XSI_MailingList
>   |> Subject: 6.01 Batch rendering woes
>   |> 
>   |> I've ran into a problem that has left scratching my head, 
>   |> baffled in
>   |> utter confusion. I can't seem to get all of the batch 
>   |> rendering licenses
>   |> to pick up, when I submit a render to the farm, via RUSH or command
>   |> line. Only specific amount, say 5, will pick up, then it 
>   |> thinks that we
>   |> are out of license when we actually have at least 8 times 
>   |> more than it
>   |> thinks we have.
>   |> 
>   |> I'm curious if anyone has ever ran into this scenario. I 
>   |> tested all of
>   |> our machines on the farm individually and they seem to be 
>   |> able to pick
>   |> up a job just fine. However should I try and submit a job 
>   |> that requires
>   |> more machines than 5 machines, only that amount will pick 
>   |> up and the
>   |> rest end up giving me errors saying that the batch license is not
>   |> available. 
>   |> 
>   |> Here is the batch command I run (yes, it is linux):
>   |> /usr/Softimage/XSI_6.01/Application/bin/xsibatch -batchonly -render
>   |> <myscenefile> -pass <mypass> -frames 1,10
>   |> 
>   |> Now the weird thing is that if I run this command in on a 
>   |> shell on my
>   |> own workstation, I can submit as many as my hearts content 
>   |> till I max
>   |> out our licenses. However if I rsh into one of the 
>   |> machines on the farm
>   |> and run the same command, while 5 licenses are already in 
>   |> use, I will
>   |> get these errors:
>   |> 
>   |> License warning: feature [XSI Batch Linux] not available 
>   |> License warning: feature [XSI Batch All] not available 
>   |> License warning: feature [XSI Batch] not available 
>   |> License warning: feature [XSI Batch Universal Linux] not available
>   |> License warning: feature [XSI Batch Universal All] not available 
>   |> License check for feature 'XSI Linux' was denied. 
>   |> SPM Error: 1
>   |> 
>   |> Has anyone seen this before?
>   |> 
>   |> thanks,
>   |> 
>   |> Greg
>   |> 
>   |> 
>   |> 
>   |> 
>   |> 
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