Uninstalling

Uninstalling is a matter of running the same commands listed above, with the -e flag taking the place of the -i flag.

Environment Variables

As long as RMS can find your RenderMan_for_Maya.module file you should not need to set any environment variables. If you install in the default location all is well; if you install in a different location you can point Maya at the .module file with the MAYA_MODULE_PATH variable.

That said, there is one exception to this: the default installation of RMS does not require that you set a RMANTREE variable. However, if you also have RenderMan Pro Server installed and wish to use it is your "external" renderer, you will need to add the following line to your .cshrc (or other startup) file, or to your Maya.env file:

setenv RMANTREE /opt/pixar/RenderManProServer-<version>

You can, optionally, set up your entire environment manually, though it is not recommended. If you choose to do so, you should add the following lines to your startup file, in addition to any variables that Autodesk asks you to set for Maya:

setenv RMSTREE /opt/pixar/RenderManStudio-4.0-maya<version>
setenv MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH  $RMSTREE/plug-ins
setenv MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH $RMSTREE/scripts
setenv XBMLANGPATH "$RMSTREE/icons/%B"

In this scenario, if you do not have a PYTHONPATH set, you should also set that, to $RMSTREE/scripts:$RMANTREE/bin, and you can also add $RMSTREE/bin (and $RMANTREE/bin) to your path for command line access to the tools.

For more information on setting up your environment, please consult the Environment Variables page.

Optional Installations

Depending on your needs, you may also be using RenderMan Pro Server and/or one of Pixar's queueing products - Tractor or its predecessor, Alfred. Each of these products has a separate installer that you will need to run, and each has different implications for your RenderMan for Maya setup.

Node-locked Licenses

Floating Licenses - Standard Installation

Floating licenses are keyed to a specific machine designated as your license server. If you have purchased floating licenses, you must download the License Server software from the Downloads section of the RenderMan support forum. Note, this is a separate download from the RenderMan for Maya download. The License Server download package for Linux is PixarLicense-8.0-[Linux Version].rpm.

• Note

  The Pixar License Server software only needs to be installed on the machine that you have designated as your license server. Additionally, while the seemingly mundane task of serving licenses often falls to older hardware, all of Pixar's RenderMan products, including the license server, require processors that are SSE2 compliant. Also, the license server host and its clients should all be on the same side (inside!) of your site firewall.

Please consult the License Server Installation documentation for instructions on installing the license server.

After the license server has been installed and the site's primary license has been retrieved, the site's serial number is used to retrieve "stub" licenses that automatically point to the site's license server. A stub license should look like this:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?>
<!DOCTYPE PixarLicense SYSTEM "http://renderman.pixar.com/schema/PixarLicense.dtd">
<PixarLicense>
  <LicenseInfo>
    <SerialNumber>123-4567-89098-7654-321012</SerialNumber>
    <Created>01-jan-2011 11:11:11</Created>
    <Licensing>PixarLicense-17.0</Licensing>
    <CustomerInfo>
      <CustomerName>Star Command</CustomerName>
      <ContactName>Buzz Lightyear</ContactName>
      <Phone></Phone>
      <Fax></Fax>
      <Email>blightyear@foo.bar</Email>
    </CustomerInfo>
    <LicensedHost>
    <HostIdentifier>001gg23456f7</HostIdentifier>
      <LicenseAccess type="floating">9010@zurgsbane</LicenseAccess>
    </LicensedHost>
  </LicenseInfo>
</PixarLicense>

At the end of the installation process a LicenseApp window will appear. The LicenseApp application can also retrieve stub licenses. Simply enter the information requested (serial number, forum login and password), and click on Get License to retrieve your stub license.

Note that if you are installing on multiple machines you are not required to use the LicenseApp application on each machine - you can safely copy the stub file to the appropriate location on multiple machines. When LicenseApp launches at the end of the installation process, simply quit the application.

Floating Licenses - Customized Installation

At most sites it is sufficient to simply place the proper pixar.license in the install location, as described above. At larger sites it may be easier to maintain a single license file, rather than installing locally on every machine. In that case, there are two approaches that may be more appropriate:

1. Recommended - Use the environment variable PIXAR_LICENSE_FILE to point to a pixar.license that is globally accessible.

2. Alternatively, in a site-wide, custom .ini file, add an appropriate license server entry. Note, this is not suggested because each software package requires this entry in a different .ini or .config file, with different syntax:

   RenderMan for Maya looks in RAT.ini for:

   SetPref LicenseServer    9010@yourlicenseserverhostname
   

   RenderMan Pro Server looks in rendermn.ini for:

   /licenseserver    9010@yourlicenseserverhostname
   

   The Tractor Engine looks in the tractor.config file for:

   "LicenseLocation": "9010@yourlicenseserverhostname"
   

   So, seriously, use Option 1 if you're not using the standard licensing configuration. Please.