SlaveUtils doesn't exist?

[Pixidream]

Hi,
SlaveUtils command Like SlaveUtils.SendRemoteCommand(str(computer_name()), ForceStopSlave) return me SlaveUtils is not defined. I Import Deadline repo into my script … In doc and in a previous post the given command was the same …
Any Idear ?

[panze]

Are you importing deadline .scripting?

from Deadline.Scripting import *

[Pixidream]

Yes, tolding me that Scripting module doesn’t exist, but other script use it ^^’’
I try deadlinecommand computername ForceStopSlave ~ but not forcing the rendering job to stop

[panze]

In what context are you using this script? Do you run it from monitor or?

[Pixidream]

No, This is for a Standalone Python Script. I add sys.path.append(repo deadline api path)
I use Deadline.DeadlineConnect without problem
And the deadlinecommand RemoteControl computername ForceStopSlave dont return me error exept the rendering doesn’t stop

[panze]

Ok. I’ve never used it like that. Have you looked into Standalone Python API documentation and/or Deadline Standalone Python Reference if it provides what you need?

[Pixidream]

I use it already to get the Slave Status. Infact the ForceStopSlave disable and stop the slave if he’s in idle state. In Deadline Monitor, when I go in Disable i can check Stop Slave and kill slave if necessary. Is that 2 Different commands ?
The StandAlonePython API is just here to get information from the deadline server, you can not really send command to control slaves.
I try to kill the slave and sandbox process throught CMD but as expected it often goes to stalled the slave… ^^ The strange things is that if I go on the local machine bin path, run a CMD into it and then run deadlinecommand.exe RemoteControl <Computer Name> ForceStopSlave ~ The slave forcestop. The same on python script wont work … strange I continue my search

Thanks for all the help that’s cool

[panze]

Could it be that the machine name needs to be in array format? (At this point I’m just guessing)
like:

[machine name] → [machine1, machine2,…, machineX]

edit: Scratch that, it’s not needed.

Some info from @eamsler

Control Deadline Slave 'AfterTask' from deadlinecommand?

Oh boy. Lots of questions! For “after current task completion” us the “RemoteControl” from deadlinecommand. It’s using the same code as the “Remote Control” menu in the Slave list. deadlinecommand remotecontrol [machine name] OnLastTaskComplete ShutdownMachine Here’s the list from the help text of dlc: RemoteControl Send the remote command to the Deadline Launcher running on the specified machine(s). [Machine Name(s)] The machine name, or a list of machine names …

[panze]

Well, this works.
(Copied from “SoftimageToDeadlineFunctions.py”)

import os
import subprocess

def GetDeadlineCommand():
    deadlineBin = ""
    try:
        deadlineBin = os.environ['DEADLINE_PATH']
    except KeyError:
        #if the error is a key error it means that DEADLINE_PATH is not set. however Deadline command may be in the PATH or on OSX it could be in the file /Users/Shared/Thinkbox/DEADLINE_PATH
        pass
        
    # On OSX, we look for the DEADLINE_PATH file if the environment variable does not exist.
    if deadlineBin == "" and  os.path.exists( "/Users/Shared/Thinkbox/DEADLINE_PATH" ):
        with open( "/Users/Shared/Thinkbox/DEADLINE_PATH" ) as f:
            deadlineBin = f.read().strip()

    deadlineCommand = os.path.join(deadlineBin, "deadlinecommand")
    
    return deadlineCommand

def CallDeadlineCommand( arguments, background=True, readStdout=True ):
    deadlineCommand = GetDeadlineCommand()

    startupinfo = None
    creationflags = 0
    if os.name == 'nt':
        if background:
            # Python 2.6 has subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW, and Python 2.7 has subprocess._subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW, so check for both.
            if hasattr( subprocess, '_subprocess' ) and hasattr( subprocess._subprocess, 'STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW' ):
                startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
                startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess._subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
            elif hasattr( subprocess, 'STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW' ):
                startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
                startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
        else:
            # still show top-level windows, but don't show a console window
            CREATE_NO_WINDOW = 0x08000000   #MSDN process creation flag
            creationflags = CREATE_NO_WINDOW
        
    arguments.insert( 0, deadlineCommand)
    
    stdoutPipe = None
    if readStdout:
        stdoutPipe=subprocess.PIPE
        
    # Specifying PIPE for all handles to workaround a Python bug on Windows. The unused handles are then closed immediatley afterwards.
    proc = subprocess.Popen(arguments, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=stdoutPipe, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, startupinfo=startupinfo, creationflags=creationflags )
    proc.stdin.close()
    proc.stderr.close()

    output = ""
    if readStdout:
        output = proc.stdout.read()
    return output

print CallDeadlineCommand(["GetFarmStatistics"]) 

So for shutting down slave the command would be

[" RemoteControl", "computername", "ForceStopSlave"]