Repo being on a server is fine....but the issue seems to be that deadlinecommandbg.exe is not returning the repo location. That is a Thinkbox-provided exe that can be used to query Deadline setup info. So the fact that it's returning an empty string means something in your Deadline configuration is incorrect. You'll have to contact Thinkbox for further info.
To confirm, run the following line from the windows command prompt:
Then look at the "submitOutput.txt" file that is created. Assuming the command completes successfully from the command prompt, the "submitOutput.txt" file should contain the network path to your Deadline repo. If it does not, then it's a Deadline setup issue and you'll have to contact Thinkbox about it. If it does contain the root, then let me know and we can go from there.
To confirm, run the following line from the windows command prompt:
Code:
"C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Deadline10\bin\deadlinecommandbg.exe" -outputfiles "C:\Users\d345a\AppData\Local\Temp\submitOutput.txt" "C:\Users\d345a\AppData\Local\Temp\submitExitCode.txt" -getrepositoryrootThen look at the "submitOutput.txt" file that is created. Assuming the command completes successfully from the command prompt, the "submitOutput.txt" file should contain the network path to your Deadline repo. If it does not, then it's a Deadline setup issue and you'll have to contact Thinkbox about it. If it does contain the root, then let me know and we can go from there.