Command Script

Deadline
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I’m investigating Deadline. I’m a little confused about what command script does. More specifically, I have to login to all my render nodes and copy the box3 .dll to each local C:\3dsMax directory.



Could you theorietically create a batch to copy said DLL to local and then, through deadline, mass execute?



Khye

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Hi Khye,



In your case, I would create the batch file to copy the DLL and place it

on a network share (somewhere all the render nodes can see). Then open

the Deadline Monitor, enter Super User Mode (Tools -> Super User Mode),

then in the list of slaves at the bottom, right click on one or more and

select Remote Control -> Exec Command. Here, specify your batch file and

hit OK. The batch file will then be executed on all the machines you

have selected.



Note that you must have Remote Administration enabled so that the

Deadline Launcher on each render node will respond to connections from

remote machines. This can be set in the Configure Repository Options

from the Tools menu in the Monitor (while in super user mode).



The command script is intended more to run custom command based renders

and other operations within the Deadline scheduling system. If you want

to perform a batch operation on all of your machines (like copy a file),

using the Exec Command option is the way to go!



Cheers,

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That’s awesome. I’ve looked around for a long time how to solve this problem.



Thanks