possibly my next upgrade

christrapeze · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:59 am

Just thinking about adding to my pile of boxes humming away in the corner with my next pay check,
i am not to shure weather i could get three hex core i7,s cheaper, assembled and ready to run any where,
my only other thought is can i get thea client nodes to automatically run when i turn on each system,
so i dont have to get monitors for each one and manually start the Thea clients

nigec · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:31 am

you can get it running as a service
viewtopic.php?f=91&t=6677
I just boot up my laptop and walk away
Drawback is if for some reason the server shuts down without stopping the client it'll just keep on going and you have to stop the service, sometimes it'll stop and restart with a new render but not always

notareal · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:08 pm

Program can be run as a service without any additional programs
http://twigstechtips.blogspot.com/2011/ ... rvice.html
With sc one have full controll on every aspect... failures/triggers and so.

Quote:

DESCRIPTION:
SC is a command line program used for communicating with the
Service Control Manager and services.
USAGE:
sc <server> [command] [service name] <option1> <option2>...

The option <server> has the form "\\ServerName"
Further help on commands can be obtained by typing: "sc [command]"
Commands:
query-----------Queries the status for a service, or
enumerates the status for types of services.
queryex---------Queries the extended status for a service, or
enumerates the status for types of services.
start-----------Starts a service.
pause-----------Sends a PAUSE control request to a service.
interrogate-----Sends an INTERROGATE control request to a service.
continue--------Sends a CONTINUE control request to a service.
stop------------Sends a STOP request to a service.
config----------Changes the configuration of a service (persistent).
description-----Changes the description of a service.
failure---------Changes the actions taken by a service upon failure.
failureflag-----Changes the failure actions flag of a service.
sidtype---------Changes the service SID type of a service.
privs-----------Changes the required privileges of a service.
qc--------------Queries the configuration information for a service.
qdescription----Queries the description for a service.
qfailure--------Queries the actions taken by a service upon failure.
qfailureflag----Queries the failure actions flag of a service.
qsidtype--------Queries the service SID type of a service.
qprivs----------Queries the required privileges of a service.
qtriggerinfo----Queries the trigger parameters of a service.
qpreferrednode--Queries the preferred NUMA node of a service.
delete----------Deletes a service (from the registry).
create----------Creates a service. (adds it to the registry).
control---------Sends a control to a service.
sdshow----------Displays a service's security descriptor.
sdset-----------Sets a service's security descriptor.
showsid---------Displays the service SID string corresponding to an ar
bitrary name.
triggerinfo-----Configures the trigger parameters of a service.
preferrednode---Sets the preferred NUMA node of a service.
GetDisplayName--Gets the DisplayName for a service.
GetKeyName------Gets the ServiceKeyName for a service.
EnumDepend------Enumerates Service Dependencies.

The following commands don't require a service name:
sc <server> <command> <option>
boot------------(ok | bad) Indicates whether the last boot should
be saved as the last-known-good boot configuration
Lock------------Locks the Service Database
QueryLock-------Queries the LockStatus for the SCManager Database
EXAMPLE:
sc start MyService

christrapeze · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:44 pm

thanks for the replys, i think i understand,,, :wtf:

i am goint to try on my machines at home and see if i can get them working by just turning them on

christrapeze · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:20 pm

no luck,, i cant get my poor old head around it all, :oops:

has anyone done it useing sc as shown in notareal thread ??,.....
and the link in the other topic is broken, and the alternative link diverts me to a site that is in russian so i gave that a miss

cheers :think:

notareal · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:51 pm

Maybe this would be enough easy (using srvstart)
http://www.howtogeek.com/50786/using-sr ... s-service/
http://www.nick.rozanski.org.uk/software (look for SRVSTART.EXE)
http://rozanski.org.uk/services

Use "C:\Program Files\Thea Render\thea.exe" -client if you want to start Thea as client mode (note have not actually made Thea run as service, but I think should be possible).

Alternatively, you could configure Win 7 to start in "kiosk" mode and start Thea as client automatically.

christrapeze · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:42 pm

thanks for the info :thumbup:

possibly my next upgrade

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