How can i run .bat on all machines through deadline

Deadline
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i have created a folder which includes all free download plugins.

I have created a folder in network something like M:\3dsMax2011_install_template\network\plugins\

i created a .bat the content like this

xcopy “M:\3dsMax2011_install_template\network\plugins*” “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011\plugins” /s /i /r /y
xcopy “M:\3dsMax2011_install_template\network\Plugin.UserSettings.ini” “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011” /s /i /r /y
xcopy “M:\3dsMax2011_install_template\network\Plugin_3dsmaxTeam_Local.ini” “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011” /s /i /r /y

this can run successfully.

But when i go to deadline, select a rendernode, then right click Remote Control>Execute Command, and fill in M:\3dsmax_update.bat
(M:\ is a map network drive, and i am using a user account with administrative rights), deadline nothing happens

Then i go to Submit Command Script Job to Deadline,

click the insert File Path button, the startup Directory is M:\

deadline says

0: INFO: StartJob: initializing script plugin CommandScript
0: INFO: About: Command Script support for Deadline
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 0
0: INFO: Checking line:“M:\3dsmax_update.bat”
0: INFO: Executable found: M:\3dsmax_update.bat
0: INFO: Arguments found:
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: False
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: False
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Render Executable: “M:\3dsmax_update.bat”
0: INFO: Render Argument:
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “M:”
Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:
Scheduler Thread - Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Render executable returned from RenderExecutable(), “M:\3dsmax_update.bat”, does not exist.

How can i send a .bat task through deadline to tell all machines in deadline do the same thing

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Hi,
A couple of things are going wrong here…

  1. Remote execute commands require a prefix of “cmd /c” to work. ie:

cmd /C “Y:\test.bat”

or to get windows explorer to open on each machine (if its user logged in…):

explorer.exe “c:”

  1. For the command script job, I believe you need to either replace any “” with “\” or use a “/” instead. Any spaces in the path should be handled by wrapping the path in “”.

HTH,
Mike

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this does not work

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Hi

I’ve always used sysinternals psexec for executing almost identical scripts.

But to get them to work I have to explicitly map the network drive in the bat file, even though the machines are logged in with a user with admin rights and the network drives are mapped.

It’s a simple addtional line in your bat file before the xcopy commands, eg

net use m: \x.x.x.x\folder /user:administrator password

It may be worth a try?

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not neccessarily…
i command execute this through DL monitor

cmd /C start “robocopy” “\server\deadline\Robocopy.exe” \server\deadline_addons\ C:\ /COPYALL /s /e /w:1 /r:1

this works so simple.

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cmd /C start “path to bat” usually works fine when the drive is mapped already. There was no need for me to map the drive again in the bat or command.