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Part 1: Installation

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Standard V-Ray Installation

Similar to the process to get V-Ray for Maya installed on your workstation, you'll need to install V-Ray for Maya on any computers to which you wish to distribute your render jobs. But instead of the Full install option, the Standalone only option works if you only plan to use that machine as a render server only. 

 

Make sure to use the same version installer as the workstation from which you plan to render. This helps ensure that the V-Ray Core is the same version used on all servers, and prevent any mismatch of supported features. V-Ray standalone can also be used on a render machine that doesn't have Maya installed.

 

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Portable Installation

Portable Installations are very useful for installing the same V-Ray version, with the same environment, on multiple machines. Here is how to set up DR when using a Portable Installation.

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  • Windows:
  1. Set the Environment. See the Portable Installation page for more details

  2. Enter vray_builds\my_version\maya_vray\bin\vray.exe -server in Command Prompt. Replace my_version with your versions of V-Ray and Maya, for example:

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vray_builds\vray_60002_maya2022\maya_vray\bin\vray.exe -server

  • Linux:
  1. Edit the STDROOT and PLUGINS tags in the vray and vrayserver files' scripts. Replace the STDROOT tag in the script with the full path to the vray folder in the portable file. Replace the PLUGINS tag with the full path to the maya_vray folder in the portable file

  2. Enter vray_builds/my_version/vray/bin/vrayserver in Terminal. Replace my_version with your versions of V-Ray and Maya, for example:

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vray_builds/vray_60002_maya2022/vray/bin/vrayserver

 

  • MacOS:

  1. Edit the STDROOT and PLUGINS tags in the vrayserver file's script. Replace the STDROOT tag in the script with the full path to the vray folder in the portable file. Replace the PLUGINS tag with the full path to the maya_vray folder in the portable file

  2. Enter vray_builds/my_version/vray/bin/vrayserver in Terminal. Replace my_version with your versions of V-ray and Maya, for example:

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vray_builds/vray_60002_maya2022/vray/bin/vrayserver

 

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Registering the server service

If you want to make your render nodes ready to render DR jobs anytime they are online, it is recommended to register the V-Ray render server application as a service.   You can register the V-Ray Standalone application as a Windows service so that it runs automatically on Windows boot from the Windows Start > All Programs > V-Ray 5 for Maya 20xx folder > Register V-Ray render server as a service. V-Ray Standalone can now be used as a render server for Distributed Rendering, Network Rendering and rendering with IPR.

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