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

[filipdef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Maya is a bit of a pain in the butt to use in a batch
processing environment: it needs to have a set of
environment variables (MAYA_APP_DIR, USER_PROFILE,
TEMPDIR,..) -- this has been discussed a couple of
times on this list, so just search the archives
for maya and you should find all the details.

Also, check out my gui at http://www.cirquedigital.com/products/gdiqueue
if you're interested in using maya atl on condor.

Hope this helps,

- Filip


> 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;  idle, 1 running,  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
>
>
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