Deadline User Manual Release 7.0.3.0

Deadline User Manual Release 7.0.3.0

Deadline User Manual Release 7.0.3.0 Thinkbox Software June 01, 2015 CONTENTS 1 Introduction 3 1.1 Overview.................................................3 1.2 Feature Set................................................7 1.3 Supported Software........................................... 10 1.4 Render Farm Considerations....................................... 25 2 Installation 31 2.1 System Requirements.......................................... 31 2.2 Licensing................................................. 34 2.3 Database and Repository Installation.................................. 34 2.4 Client Installation............................................ 60 2.5 Submitter Installation.......................................... 74 2.6 Upgrading or Downgrading Deadline.................................. 77 2.7 Relocating the Database or Repository................................. 79 3 Getting Started 81 3.1 Submitting Jobs............................................. 81 3.2 Monitoring Jobs............................................. 91 3.3 Controlling Jobs............................................. 100 3.4 Archiving Jobs.............................................. 131 3.5 Monitor and User Settings........................................ 135 3.6 Local Slave Controls........................................... 141 4 Client Applications 147 4.1 Launcher................................................. 147 4.2 Monitor.................................................. 151 4.3 Slave................................................... 175 4.4 Pulse................................................... 182 4.5 Balancer................................................. 187 4.6 Command................................................ 192 4.7 Mobile.................................................. 194 5 Administrative Features 199 5.1 Repository Configuration........................................ 199 5.2 User Management............................................ 231 5.3 Slave Configuration........................................... 236 5.4 Pulse Configuration........................................... 245 5.5 Balancer Configuration.......................................... 249 5.6 Job Scheduling.............................................. 255 5.7 Pools and Groups............................................. 258 5.8 Limits and Machine Limits....................................... 263 i 5.9 Job Failure Detection........................................... 268 5.10 Notifications............................................... 270 5.11 Remote Control............................................. 272 5.12 Network Performance.......................................... 278 5.13 Cross Platform Rendering........................................ 281 6 Advanced Features 285 6.1 Manual Job Submission......................................... 285 6.2 Power Management........................................... 294 6.3 Slave Scheduling............................................. 304 6.4 Farm Statistics.............................................. 306 6.5 Client Configuration........................................... 317 6.6 Auto Configuration............................................ 321 6.7 Render Environment........................................... 324 6.8 Multiple Slaves On One Machine.................................... 326 6.9 Cloud Controls.............................................. 329 6.10 Web Service............................................... 332 6.11 Job Transferring............................................. 335 7 Scripting 339 7.1 Scripting Overview............................................ 339 7.2 Application Plugins........................................... 340 7.3 Event Plugins............................................... 354 7.4 Cloud Plugins.............................................. 361 7.5 Balancer Plugins............................................. 366 7.6 Monitor Scripts.............................................. 368 7.7 Job Scripts................................................ 375 7.8 Web Service Scripts........................................... 377 7.9 Standalone Python API.......................................... 379 8 REST API 383 8.1 REST Overview............................................. 383 8.2 Jobs.................................................... 385 8.3 Job Reports................................................ 396 8.4 Tasks................................................... 398 8.5 Task Reports............................................... 402 8.6 Slaves................................................... 404 8.7 Pulse................................................... 409 8.8 Balancer................................................. 411 8.9 Limits................................................... 413 8.10 Users................................................... 416 8.11 Repository................................................ 420 8.12 Pools................................................... 425 8.13 Groups.................................................. 428 9 Application Plugins 433 9.1 3ds Command.............................................. 433 9.2 3ds Max................................................. 442 9.3 After Effects............................................... 490 9.4 Anime Studio............................................... 501 9.5 Arion Standalone............................................. 504 9.6 Arnold Standalone............................................ 507 9.7 Blender.................................................. 510 9.8 Cinema 4D................................................ 515 9.9 Cinema 4D Team Render........................................ 519 ii 9.10 Clarisse iFX............................................... 524 9.11 Combustion................................................ 529 9.12 Command Line.............................................. 533 9.13 Command Script............................................. 535 9.14 Composite................................................ 538 9.15 Corona Standalone............................................ 543 9.16 DJV.................................................... 546 9.17 Draft................................................... 548 9.18 Draft Tile Assembler........................................... 551 9.19 FFmpeg.................................................. 553 9.20 Fusion.................................................. 556 9.21 Generation................................................ 562 9.22 Hiero................................................... 566 9.23 Houdini.................................................. 569 9.24 Lightwave................................................ 576 9.25 LuxRender................................................ 583 9.26 Mantra Standalone............................................ 585 9.27 Maxwell................................................. 588 9.28 Maya................................................... 592 9.29 Mental Ray Standalone.......................................... 609 9.30 Messiah.................................................. 613 9.31 MetaFuze................................................. 617 9.32 MetaRender............................................... 620 9.33 modo................................................... 622 9.34 Naiad................................................... 629 9.35 Nuke................................................... 633 9.36 Octane Standalone............................................ 640 9.37 PRMan (Renderman Pro Server)..................................... 643 9.38 Puppet.................................................. 646 9.39 Python.................................................. 648 9.40 Quicktime Generation.......................................... 650 9.41 Realflow................................................. 653 9.42 REDLine................................................. 660 9.43 Renderman (RIB)............................................ 663 9.44 Rendition................................................. 666 9.45 Rhino................................................... 669 9.46 RVIO................................................... 678 9.47 Salt.................................................... 680 9.48 Shake................................................... 682 9.49 SketchUp................................................. 685 9.50 Softimage................................................. 688 9.51 Terragen................................................. 699 9.52 Tile Assembler.............................................. 702 9.53 VRay Distributed Rendering....................................... 704 9.54 VRay Standalone............................................. 715 9.55 VRay Ply2Vrmesh............................................ 718 9.56 VRay Vrimg2Exr............................................. 721 9.57 Vue.................................................... 724 9.58 xNormal................................................. 729 10 Event Plugins 733 10.1 Draft................................................... 733 10.2 ftrack................................................... 734 10.3 Puppet.................................................. 749 iii 10.4 Salt.................................................... 750 10.5 Shotgun.................................................. 751 11 Cloud Plugins 773 11.1 Amazon EC2............................................... 773 11.2 Google Cloud............................................... 774 11.3 Microsoft Azure............................................

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