https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/manager-and-server-problems-quot-the-requested-operation/m-p/5830237#M84865 <P><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #4e5a5b;">Mine is working now and all I can share some things that I have run into.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #4e5a5b;">&nbsp;1. run manager and monitor from computer 1</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #4e5a5b;">&nbsp;2. boot above then remote to the servers and start up server program on each</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #4e5a5b;">&nbsp;3. make output file path to a server that you have your Manager pointing to. In manager under direct access to jobs path. use \\ &lt;servername&gt;\c\jobfolder</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #4e5a5b;">&nbsp;4. you have to run max as an administrator</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #4e5a5b;">&nbsp;5. do not run the server program on computer 1. It has strange render results. i found that out today.</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #4e5a5b;">&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #4e5a5b;">Hope these tips help</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 23 Sep 2015 19:51:53 GMT Anonymous 2015-09-23T19:51:53Z