Nuke on render nodes not picking up license

Hi there,

I am trying to get Nuke working on our farm and running into issues around licensing.

Nuke is installed and can be launched successfully by logging into the node. The foundry_LICENSE env variable is set and pointing to the RLM license server and it works correctly as expected.

However on a render job the render node doesnt seem to be looking for a license using the env variable above and fails.

2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: FOUNDRY LICENSE ERROR REPORT
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: ----------------------------
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: Timestamp: Thu Jun 08 10:55:03 2023
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: License(s) Requested:
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: nuke 2016.1115 interactive with options all
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: Extended Info: None Provided
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: Host : 56-studio-15
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: System ID(s) : 1866daa50155 , 1866daa50154 , 1866daa50153 , 1866daa50156
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: RLM Environment Info: C:\Users\render\FoundryLicensing\1866daa50155;C:\Program Files\The Foundry\RLM;C:\ProgramData\The Foundry\RLM;C:\Program Files (x86)\The Foundry\RLM;C:\Users\render\FoundryLicensing
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: Reason for failure:
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: RLM : A suitable license does not exist.
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: FLEXlm : Cannot find license file.
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: The license files (or license server system network addresses) attempted are
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: listed below. Use LM_LICENSE_FILE to use a different license file,
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: or contact your software provider for a license file.
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: Feature: nuke_i
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: Filename: C:\Program Files (x86)\The Foundry\FLEXlm
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: License path: C:\Program Files\The Foundry\FLEXlm*.lic;C:\ProgramData -
2023-06-08 10:55:03: 0: STDOUT: \The Foundry\FLEXlm*.lic;C:\Program Files (x86)\The Foundry\FLEXlm

Is there a different way to force render nodes to look for a license from the license server?

Appreciate any help.

Ok this is resolved. I needed to restart the slave (or Deadline) on the node as I set the environment variable with Deadline open so it did not pick it up.

All working as expected now.

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@Benjamin_A_Robins Thanks for the revert, Glad to know Issue is resolved!