Time Machine issue? Mac OSX

[anthonygelatka]

Hi Guys,

I have a client running a Mac studio , but one of their machines throws up this error

MayaBatch [13131:13707] This Process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.

Time Machine isn’t switched on!

This machine was working fine before but has now started throwing this error, I tried a quick google but couldn’t find any solution, anyone else experienced this?

It’s 10.7.2 if that helps

Thanks

Ant

[rrussell]

Does this error actually prevent the slave from running, or does it prevent renders from occurring? If it causes jobs to error out, can you post the error report?

[anthonygelatka]

Sorry for the delay, had to arrange another remote session

Scheduler Thread - Synchronizing plugin files
Scheduler Thread - Synchronization time for plugin files: 127.175 ms
Constructor: MayaCmd
0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: street (999_050_999_709c5d18)
0: INFO: StartJob: initializing script plugin MayaCmd
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “FLEXlm error: ." will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "Usage: Render .” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “Finished Rendering..([0-9]+).[^.]+" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Finished Rendering.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “Constructing shading groups|Rendering current frame” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Error: .|.Warning: .” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “progr: +([0-9]+.[0-9]+)% +rendered” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “progr: +([0-9]+.[0-9]+)% +computing final gather points” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "progr: writing image file . (frame ([0-9]+))” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “progr: +rendering finished” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “[PROGRESS] Completed frame*” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.[PROGRESS] TURTLE rendering frame 100.00.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Render complete.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “[PROGRESS] Percentage of rendering done: (.)" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression ".[PROGRESS] TURTLE rendering frame ([0-9]+.[0-9]+)." will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.RIMG : +([0-9]+)%" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "V-Ray: Building light cache” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "V-Ray: Prepass ([0-9]+) of ([0-9]+)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: Rendering image*” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: +([0-9]+)%” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: +([0-9]+) %” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “([0-9]+) % completed” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: Updating frame at time ([0-9]+)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “V-Ray: Render complete” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “[PROGRESS] ([0-9]+) percent” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “([0-9]+)%” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.entry point.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Entry Point.” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Render history settings.” will be ignored
0: INFO: About: Maya Cmd Plugin for Deadline
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 1-25
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: Not enforcing a build of Maya
0: INFO: Setting MAYA_LOCATION environment variable to /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents for this session
0: INFO: Adding /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/MacOS to DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable for this session
0: INFO: Render Executable: “/Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/bin/Render”
0: INFO: Rendering to network drive
0: INFO: Rendering with Maya version 2012.0
0: INFO: Rendering all layers - using the renderer(s) set in the Maya render settings.
0: INFO: Render Argument: -r file -s 1 -e 25 -b 1 -rd “/Volumes/Projects/Module07/Sections/S6_C1_Sc1-Street/04_Maya/WIP/Street/images/ANT_RENDERFARM_TEST” -proj “/Volumes/Projects/Module07/Sections/S6_C1_Sc1-Street/04_Maya/WIP/Street” “/Volumes/Projects/Module07/Sections/S6_C1_Sc1-Street/04_Maya/WIP/Street/scenes/street.ma”
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “/Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/bin”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: Starting “/Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/bin/maya”
---- June 27 2012 – 03:04 PM ----
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya 2012
0: STDOUT: // Mental ray for Maya: using startup file /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/maya.rayrc.
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: setup
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: initialize
0: STDOUT: mental ray: version 3.9.1.36, Feb 2 2011, revision 138829
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: using 1 license
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: register extensions
0: STDOUT: // mental ray Node Factory: loaded
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: successfully registered
0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya: loading startup file: /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/maya.rayrc
0: STDOUT: // parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/AdskShaderSDKWrappers.mi
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/architectural.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/architectural.dylib
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/base.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/base.dylib
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/contour.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/contour.dylib
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/paint.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/paint.dylib
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/physics.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/physics.dylib
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/production.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/production.dylib
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/subsurface.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/subsurface.dylib
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: STDOUT: // parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/surfaceSampler.mi
0: STDOUT: // loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/surfaceSampler.dylib
0: STDOUT: // generating Maya nodes…
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Warning: file: /Volumes/Projects/Module07/Sections/S6_C1_Sc1-Street/04_Maya/WIP/Street/scenes/street.ma line 125857: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Warning: file: /Volumes/Projects/Module07/Sections/S6_C1_Sc1-Street/04_Maya/WIP/Street/scenes/street.ma line 125857: Unrecognized node type ‘rectangularLightLocator’; preserving node information during this session.
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Warning: file: /Volumes/Projects/Module07/Sections/S6_C1_Sc1-Street/04_Maya/WIP/Street/scenes/street.ma line 461841: Unrecognized node type ‘mix20layer’; preserving node information during this session.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Warning: file: /Volumes/Projects/Module07/Sections/S6_C1_Sc1-Street/04_Maya/WIP/Street/scenes/street.ma line 461841: Unrecognized node type ‘mix20layer’; preserving node information during this session.
0: STDOUT: File read in 6 seconds.
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Error: Unable to import Adobe(R) Illustrator(R) file : I/O error.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Error: Unable to import Adobe(R) Illustrator(R) file : I/O error.
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Warning: Errors have occurred while reading this scene that may result in data loss.” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Warning: Errors have occurred while reading this scene that may result in data loss.
0: STDOUT: Result: /Volumes/Projects/Module07/Sections/S6_C1_Sc1-Street/04_Maya/WIP/Street/scenes/street.ma
0: STDOUT: initMPS with licenseOption 0
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.804 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.807 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.808 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.809 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.810 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.811 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.813 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.814 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.877 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.878 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.886 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.888 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.890 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.891 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:17.892 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:22.898 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:22.901 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:22.936 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:22.938 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:04:22.939 MayaBatch[17539:ef03] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
0: STDOUT: mental ray: got 8 satellite CPUs.
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Error: (Mayatomr.Geometry) : book1:Book_Only_02:table:polySurfaceShape17: no material assigned, ignored” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Error: (Mayatomr.Geometry) : book1:Book_Only_02:table:polySurfaceShape17: no material assigned, ignored
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Error: (Mayatomr.Geometry) : book1:Book_Only_02:table:polySurface14|book1:Book_Only_02:table:polySurfaceShape14: no material assigned, ignored” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Error: (Mayatomr.Geometry) : book1:Book_Only_02:table:polySurface14|book1:Book_Only_02:table:polySurfaceShape14: no material assigned, ignored
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Error: (Mayatomr.Nodes) : mix20layer1SG: invalid connection to mental ray material slot: mix20layer1, use regular Maya slots for Maya nodes” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Error: (Mayatomr.Nodes) : mix20layer1SG: invalid connection to mental ray material slot: mix20layer1, use regular Maya slots for Maya nodes
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Error: (Mayatomr.Shader) : mix20layer1SG: no shader assigned in material” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Error: (Mayatomr.Shader) : mix20layer1SG: no shader assigned in material
0: INFO: Deadline is ignoring error: “Error: (Mayatomr.Geometry) : polySurface1|polySurfaceShape2: mesh has no faces, ignored” because plugin setting Strict Error Checking is enabled and this error is not usually fatal.
0: STDOUT: Error: (Mayatomr.Geometry) : polySurface1|polySurfaceShape2: mesh has no faces, ignored
0: STDOUT: PHEN 0.3 warn : mia_material(_x): Refractive falloff is used, but the shadow mode is not set to ‘Segment’.
0: STDOUT: PHEN 0.3 warn : Due to this, the falloff will be fixed, and not be influenced by distance.
0: STDOUT: PHEN 0.3 warn : This can look as good, but is not as physically accurate.
0: STDOUT: PHEN 0.3 warn : If distance-dependent falloff is desired, the ‘Segment’ mode must be used.
---- June 27 2012 – 03:07 PM ----
0: STDOUT: 2012-06-27 15:07:22.007 MayaBatch[17539:1340b] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.

It just seems to hang at this point

[anthonygelatka]

just opened Terminal and ran…

sudo ./DeadlineSlave

from within the DeadlineSlave.app

seems to run through the same process without the time machine errors and hang at the same point

0: STDOUT: PHEN 0.3 warn : Due to this, the falloff will be fixed, and not be influenced by distance.
0: STDOUT: PHEN 0.3 warn : This can look as good, but is not as physically accurate.
0: STDOUT: PHEN 0.3 warn : If distance-dependent falloff is desired, the ‘Segment’ mode must be used.

I’ll see if I can get them to submit another file, but I don’t know why it should have to run as sudo as the user is the only admin account on the computer

Thanks

ant

[rrussell]

Weird. I did some googling, and it seems that this is a generic error that can popup when running applications from the command line, even when Time Machine is disabled. However, based on what I read, it should be harmless. Do all Maya jobs hang on this machine, or is it just specific ones? Have you tried submitting a very simple scene to see if the problem still occurs?

Someone said that running the application once with sudo made the problem go away, and they never had to run as Administrator again. Maybe you could try launching the slave with sudo to see if that corrects the problem:

sudo /Applications/Deadline/Resources/bin/deadlineslave

Cheers,

• Ryan

EDIT: hehe, looks like we both had the same idea

[anthonygelatka]

Confirmed, running as sudo seemed to have got it back on track, client rendering away happily

Thanks Ryan