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Deadline Unable to Locate Local Render File

Recently purchased and began using Deadline 10 and noticed I’m getting these errors on the render farm. Where it will render successfully sometimes on the same machine and fail other times.

In short it appears to say it can’t Local the local render file? What does this even mean or how does this happen? Is it a permissions issue somewhere?

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Log
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2022-05-25 20:03:55:  0: Loading Job's Plugin timeout is Disabled
2022-05-25 20:03:55:  0: SandboxedPlugin: Render Job As User disabled, running as current user 'Dooley01'
2022-05-25 20:03:58:  0: Executing plugin command of type 'Initialize Plugin'
2022-05-25 20:03:58:  0: Done executing plugin command of type 'Initialize Plugin'
2022-05-25 20:03:58:  0: Start Job timeout is disabled.
2022-05-25 20:03:58:  0: Task timeout is disabled.
2022-05-25 20:03:58:  0: Loaded job: VRayCam001-0-180 sample | 01 | P0001 Test Project john_v02 (628ed1f20d40bdda307da6f0)
2022-05-25 20:03:59:  0: Executing plugin command of type 'Start Job'
2022-05-25 20:03:59:  0: DEBUG: S3BackedCache Client is not installed.
2022-05-25 20:03:59:  0: WARNING: 3dsmax ini file does not exist: C:\Users\Dooley01\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2022 - 64bit\ENU\3dsmax.ini
2022-05-25 20:03:59:  0: [Include]
2022-05-25 20:03:59:  0: Original=C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2022\en-US\plugin.ini
2022-05-25 20:03:59:  0: Deadline Lightning=C:\Users\Dooley01\AppData\Local\Temp\lightningplugin_722390958654.ini
2022-05-25 20:04:50:  0: STDOUT: 00:00:00  1187MB         | log started Wed May 25 20:04:50 2022
2022-05-25 20:04:50:  0: STDOUT: 00:00:00  1187MB         | Arnold 6.2.0.0 [5442c0b5] windows clang-10.0.1 oiio-2.2.1 osl-1.11.6 vdb-7.1.1 clm-2.0.0.235 rlm-12.4.2 optix-6.6.0 2021/01/28 00:52:57
2022-05-25 20:04:50:  0: STDOUT: 00:00:00  1187MB         | running on RENDER-05, pid=8288
2022-05-25 20:04:50:  0: STDOUT: 00:00:00  1187MB         |  2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5690 @ 3.47GHz (12 cores, 24 logical) with 49143MB
2022-05-25 20:04:50:  0: STDOUT: 00:00:00  1187MB         |  Windows 8 Professional (version 6.2, build 9200)
2022-05-25 20:04:50:  0: STDOUT: 00:00:00  1187MB         |  soft limit for open files is set at 2048
2022-05-25 20:04:50:  0: STDOUT: 00:00:00  1187MB         |  
2022-05-25 20:04:50:  0: STDOUT: 00:00:00  1187MB         | loading plugins from c:\program files\autodesk\3ds max 2022\applicationplugins\maxfluid\contents\bin ...
2022-05-25 20:04:50:  0: STDOUT: 00:00:00  1190MB         | no plugins loaded
2022-05-25 20:05:30:  0: Done executing plugin command of type 'Start Job'
2022-05-25 20:05:30:  0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 110-119
2022-05-25 20:05:30:  0: Executing plugin command of type 'Render Task'
2022-05-25 20:06:34:  0: WARNING: Unable to locate local render file: C:\ProgramData\Thinkbox\Deadline10\workers\RENDER-05\jobsData\628ed1f20d40bdda307da6f0\0_tempKnNlC0\VRayCam001-0-180 sample.0110.exr
2022-05-25 20:07:34:  0: WARNING: Unable to locate local render file: C:\ProgramData\Thinkbox\Deadline10\workers\RENDER-05\jobsData\628ed1f20d40bdda307da6f0\0_tempKnNlC0\VRayCam001-0-180 sample.0111.exr
2022-05-25 20:08:34:  0: WARNING: Unable to locate local render file: C:\ProgramData\Thinkbox\Deadline10\workers\RENDER-05\jobsData\628ed1f20d40bdda307da6f0\0_tempKnNlC0\VRayCam001-0-180 sample.0112.exr
2022-05-25 20:09:35:  0: WARNING: Unable to locate local render file: C:\ProgramData\Thinkbox\Deadline10\workers\RENDER-05\jobsData\628ed1f20d40bdda307da6f0\0_tempKnNlC0\VRayCam001-0-180 sample.0113.exr
2022-05-25 20:10:35:  0: WARNING: Unable to locate local render file: C:\ProgramData\Thinkbox\Deadline10\workers\RENDER-05\jobsData\628ed1f20d40bdda307da6f0\0_tempKnNlC0\VRayCam001-0-180 sample.0114.exr
2022-05-25 20:11:35:  0: WARNING: Unable to locate local render file: C:\ProgramData\Thinkbox\Deadline10\workers\RENDER-05\jobsData\628ed1f20d40bdda307da6f0\0_tempKnNlC0\VRayCam001-0-180 sample.0115.exr
2022-05-25 20:12:36:  0: WARNING: Unable to locate local render file: C:\ProgramData\Thinkbox\Deadline10\workers\RENDER-05\jobsData\628ed1f20d40bdda307da6f0\0_tempKnNlC0\VRayCam001-0-180 sample.0116.exr
2022-05-25 20:13:37:  0: WARNING: Unable to locate local render file: C:\ProgramData\Thinkbox\Deadline10\workers\RENDER-05\jobsData\628ed1f20d40bdda307da6f0\0_tempKnNlC0\VRayCam001-0-180 sample.0117.exr
2022-05-25 20:14:38:  0: WARNING: Unable to locate local render file: C:\ProgramData\Thinkbox\Deadline10\workers\RENDER-05\jobsData\628ed1f20d40bdda307da6f0\0_tempKnNlC0\VRayCam001-0-180 sample.0118.exr
2022-05-25 20:15:41:  0: WARNING: Unable to locate local render file: C:\ProgramData\Thinkbox\Deadline10\workers\RENDER-05\jobsData\628ed1f20d40bdda307da6f0\0_tempKnNlC0\VRayCam001-0-180 sample.0119.exr
2022-05-25 20:15:41:  0: Done executing plugin command of type 'Render Task'

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Details
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Date: 05/25/2022 20:15:40
Frames: 110-119
Job Submit Date: 05/25/2022 20:03:47
Job User: admin
Average RAM Usage: 1696627840 (4%)
Peak RAM Usage: 1906900992 (4%)
Average CPU Usage: 77%
Peak CPU Usage: 110%
Used CPU Clocks (x10^6 cycles): 44422148
Total CPU Clocks (x10^6 cycles): 57691104

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Worker Information
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CPUs: 24
CPU Usage: 100%
Memory Usage: 5.9 GB / 48.0 GB (12%)
Free Disk Space: 143.462 GB 
Video Card: Microsoft Basic Display Adapter

I don’t really know the cause of the issue, but the local files are because Deadline does not directly render to the final destination - it renders in a local directory (under ProgramData on Windows) and copies the result at the end.
I noticed there is a space character in the file name, which could potentially cause issues in places that lack proper escaping.

Yeah, avoid spaces at all cost anywhere in your workflow.

Whoever worked on Windows is painfully aware of "c:\Program" file not found :smiley:

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