[Condor-users] Maya 6.0; render.exe; mayabatch.exe; job never finishes

[Gunther Anon <guntheranon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

System Details:
Condor 6.6.9
Windows Server 2003 SP1

 

I created a "RenderThis.bat" file that contains the following:

 

    C:\Progra~1\Alias\Maya6.0\bin\mayabatch.exe -render c:\dump\Test1.mb

 

Running this batch file from a cmd window works fine.  The images render just as expected.  Now I create my condor submit file "RenderThis.sub" (I used the printname example .sub file as a template) and it contains the following:

 

    universe = vanilla
    environment = path=c:\WINDOWS\system32
    executable = RenderThis.bat
    output = RenderThis.out
    error = RenderThis.err
    log = RenderThis.log
    queue

 

I submit the job to condor with this command:

 

    condor_submit RenderThis.sub

 

condor_status reports that vm1's "State" is "Claimed" and "Activity" is "Busy".  RenderThis.log reports the following:

 

    000 (005.000.000) 04/25 12:36:44 Job submitted from host: <10.100.6.240:2205>
    ...
    001 (005.000.000) 04/25 12:36:49 Job executing on host: <10.100.6.240:2204>
    ...
    006 (005.000.000) 04/25 12:36:57 Image size of job updated: 46888
    ...

condor_q -analyze returns this:

 

    -- Submitter: anim1 : <10.100.6.240:2205> : anim1
     ID      OWNER            SUBMITTED     RUN_TIME ST PRI SIZE CMD
    ---
    005.000:  Request is being serviced

    
    1 jobs; 0 idle, 1 running, 0 held

   

I also noticed that there is a new cmd.exe process running under the username "condor-reuse-vm1". 

 

When running the batch file, the process takes about 5 seconds to complete.  The scene is a simple 5 frame animation of a ball moving, nothing else. 

 

Everything is local.  I have the Maya render.exe on the C drive.  I have the Maya binary on the C drive.  I have condor on the C drive.  The process condor-reuse-vm1 is running on the local computer.

 

I have tried changing the priority of the job to +20.  The user Effective priority is 0.92.

 

The problem is that the process never completes (I have let it run at least 3 days) and the images are never rendered.  Can I render Maya binary files using this method?  Why does the job never end?

 

I have also tried substituting the batch file line with this:

 

    C:\Progra~1\Alias\Maya6.0\bin\render.exe -r mr Test1.mb

 

this produced the same results.

Help!

 

-Mike