Network Render Install

[LukeC]

Hi guys, sorry if this topic has been covered, but I was just wondering what files were required for a machine to render mental ray via backburner and if there was a compact install that can be made or exists just for this purpose.

 

The reason I ask is, it would be easy to deploy a small package of the essentials to each machine rather then go through the max install process every single time on every single machine (30+) as i just did that for max 8 a few months ago and were now on max 9.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

cheers

Luke

[Verma]

I don't think there's any compact version option available anymore. It used to be in the old releases but I haven't seen it for a long time.

 

You can create a network deployment image of Max 9 and deploy that image on multiple computers at the same time. No need to install the product separately on each renderfarm machine.

 

Check the documents section on Max 9 disc, there's network administrator's guide which explains this in details.

[LukeC]

Thanks for the reply.

 

I came across the network deployment on the disk not long after I posted, so I did that and it worked, however I had a few issues including a custom 3dsmax.ini but resorted to manually replacing it after the machine was setup