Request: Job Cleanup by Plugin

[PIXOMONDO]

Hi,

We are looking for a way to use the already existing Automatic Job Cleanup process, but with a filter by plugin feature. Basically, we’d want to be able to set up something like 3ds Max jobs archive after 14 days, Nuke jobs after 2 days, etc.

Thanks,
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[MikeOwen]

Hi,

Deadline v7.0 introduced a job-level override:
docs.thinkboxsoftware.com/produc … ml#cleanup

So, depending on how you currently submit your jobs for each plugin-type, you can add the following to the job submission and configure a different job cleanup time per job:

Cleanup Options

OnJobComplete=<Nothing/Delete/Archive> : Specifies what should happen to a job after it completes (default = Nothing).
DeleteOnComplete=<true/false> : Specifies whether or not the job should be automatically deleted after it completes (default = false).
ArchiveOnComplete=<true/false> : Specifies whether or not the job should be automatically archived after it completes (default = false).
OverrideAutoJobCleanup=<true/false> : If true, the job will ignore the global Job Cleanup settings and instead use its own (default = false).
OverrideJobCleanup=<true/false> : If OverrideAutoJobCleanup is true, this will determine if the job should be automatically cleaned up or not.
JobCleanupDays=<true/false> : If OverrideAutoJobCleanup and OverrideJobCleanup are both true, this is the number of days to keep the job before cleaning it up.
OverrideJobCleanupType=<ArchiveJobs/DeleteJobs> : If OverrideAutoJobCleanup and OverrideJobCleanup are both true, this is the job cleanup mode.

Alternatively, an event plugin could also be created to auto apply different “OverrideAutoJobCleanup” settings per “plugin” type via the “OnJobSubmitted” event, filtering by “job.JobPlugin” type.

[MikeOwen]

Here’s a custom event plugin which based on your settings, will override the Job Cleanup settings when either a MayaBatch, MayaCmd, Nuke or 3dsMax job is submitted to Deadline.
It needs at least Deadline v7.0 to work and by default is disabled, with each job type set to “-1” = disabled and the clean job type set to “Disabled”.

Just extract to …/your/repository/custom/events

OverrideJobCleanup.zip (3.01 KB)

By editing the Python, param and dlinit file, you can add support for other app plugin types.