Nuke to Deadline FLEXnet Licensing error:-5,412 on floating

Deadline
1

Hi,

I have installed deadline on two Windows Workstations, one with a node locked and the other with a floating license.
Now when I submit a render from Nuke to Deadline the node locked workstation renders fine but the workstation with the floating license will give me this error permanently:

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Error Message

Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): FLEXnet Licensing error:-5,412. System Error: 11004 “”
bei Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

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Slave Log

0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: 10174618_gs_comp_v03_mk.nk (000_050_999_0fc8e5aa)
0: INFO: StartJob: initializing script plugin Nuke
0: INFO: About: Nuke Plugin for Deadline
0: INFO: Prepping OFX cache
0: INFO: Checking Nuke temp path: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nuke
0: INFO: Path already exists
0: INFO: OFX cache prepped
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 1176-1179
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “READY FOR INPUT” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.ERROR:.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Error:.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Error :.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.*Frame [0-9]+ (([0-9]+) of ([0-9]+))” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Render Executable: “C:\Program Files\Nuke7.0v6\Nuke7.0.exe”
0: INFO: Rendering with NukeX
0: INFO: Rendering write node(s) FINAL
0: INFO: Using 8 threads for rendering
0: INFO: Render Argument: -V --nukex -x -X “FINAL” -m 8 -F 1176-1179 “C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\10174618_gs_comp_v03_mk_thread0.nk”
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files\Nuke7.0v6”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process Affinity: default
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: NOTE : NukeX functionality is only available with an interactive license. If you wish to
0: STDOUT: use this, please specify ‘–nukex -i’ for an interactive license in terminal mode.
0: STDOUT: Nuke 7.0v6, 64 bit, built Apr 4 2013.
0: STDOUT: Copyright © 2013 The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
0: STDOUT: FOUNDRY LICENSE ERROR REPORT
0: STDOUT: ----------------------------
0: STDOUT: Timestamp: Mon Jun 10 19:41:19 2013
0: STDOUT: License(s) Requested:
0: STDOUT: nuke 2013.0404 render only with options all
0: STDOUT: Extended Info: None Provided
0: STDOUT: FLEXlm Environment Info: C:\Program Files\The Foundry\FLEXlm
0: STDOUT: Reason for failure:
0: STDOUT: FLEXlm : A suitable license does not exist.
0: STDOUT: RLM : A suitable license does not exist.
0: STDOUT: LICENSE DIAGNOSTICS
0: STDOUT: ---------------------------
0: STDOUT: FLEXlm :
0: STDOUT: No such feature exists.
0: STDOUT: Feature: nuke_r
0: STDOUT: License path: C:\Program Files\The Foundry\FLEXlm\FlexLM.lic;C:\ProgramData -
0: STDOUT: \The Foundry\FLEXlm\example.lic;C:\Program Files (x86)\The Foundry -
0: STDOUT: \FLEXlm
0: STDOUT: FLEXnet Licensing error:-5,412. System Error: 11004 “”
0: STDOUT: For further information, refer to the FLEXnet Licensing End User Guide,
0: STDOUT: available at “www.macrovision.com”.
0: STDOUT: RLM :
0: STDOUT: No license for product (-1)
0: STDOUT: License Path:
0: STDOUT: C:\ProgramData\The Foundry\RLM

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Error Type

RenderPluginException

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Error Stack Trace

bei Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
bei Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask(TaskLogWriter tlw)

I have no clue what’s wrong. Any help is really appreciated.
Kind regards
Marcin

2

The problem is that Nuke is unable to find the rendering license on this machine (nuke_r). Is the floating license you set up a rendering license or an interactive license?

3

Hi rrussel,

thanks for your quick reply! The floating license is an interactive one.

kind regards
Marcin

4

Thanks for confirming it’s an interactive license, as that should explain the problem. What you need to do is configure your Nuke plugin in Deadline so that your workstation with a floating license uses an interactive one instead of a rendering one. In the Monitor, enter Super User mode from the Tools menu, then select Tools -> Configure Plugins. Select Nuke from the list on the left, and then find the Slaves To Use Interactive License setting. Press the […] button and place your workstation in the “Selected” list. Now the next time it goes to render a Nuke job, it should try to pull an interactive license.

Cheers,

  • Ryan
5

Hi Ryan,

this worked like a charm! Thanks for your help.

Is it possible to tell Deadline not to use a render slave when an artist is using it for comp work?

kind regards
Marcin

6

There isn’t an automated way of doing this, but the artist can just shutdown the slave, and then restart it when they’re done.

You could also set up a scheduled task on Windows to start the slave when the workstation has sat idle for a little while in case the artist forgets to start up the slave again.