Win10, max2020 update > can't connect to the MongoDB anymore

Upon updating to max2020 now I get this error message upon rebooting the machine:


Could Not Connect To Database

Could not connect to any of the specified Mongo DB servers (BEASTMACHINE;xxx.xxx.x.xxx). The following errors were encountered:

  • No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it xxx.xxx.x.xxx:27100
  • No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it xxx.xx.x.xxx:27100

Deadline Slave will try to connect again in 10 seconds…

8 second(s) until this message closes.

Set Repository Ignore Exit Slave

Trying to restart the Service in the task manager throws this error:


Services

Windows could not start the Deadline 10 Database Service on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 100.

OK

This might not be related to max2020 entirely but it occurs since then. Any suggestions? Solutions?

Thanks in advance and much appreciated!
-Anselm

are you running the repo on a workstation? usually a bad idea as the DB will fail when rendering uses all the cpu / ram etc