# SwarmAgents not Working on Assigned Jobs

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/swarmagents-not-working-on-assigned-jobs/463416>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** swarm, building-lighting, light-build, unreal-engine, fail, question\
**Created:** [April 7, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/swarmagents-not-working-on-assigned-jobs/463416 "2020-04-07T21:58:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/swarmagents-not-working-on-assigned-jobs/463416/1 "2020-04-07T21:58:26Z")

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## Setup:

- Remote private Swarm farm in Azure
- One small VM ( **sVM-sc** ) with SwarmCoordinator
- One high-mem VM ( **hmVM-sa** ) with SwarmAgent
- Local workstation connected to Azure via VPN
- Local workstation ( **W-sa** ) with SwarmAgent
- **sVM-sc** sees both **hmVM-sa** and **W-sa** in “_Available, Unassigned_” States
- **W-sa** enables “_AvoidLocalExecution_”

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## Lightmass lighting build bake:

- **W-sa** submits Lightmass lighting build
- **sVM-sc** assigns job to **hmVM-sa**
- **hmVM-sa** accepts job, in “_Available, Assigned to_ [**W-sa**]”
- **hmVM-sa** never starts “_Working for_”

 ![299167-svm-sc-mid-bake.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/4/e/e/4eeed92c5fc15999adb8063772b2201d6a10594f.png)

- **W-sa** can ping both **sVM-sc** and **hmVM-sa**
- Both **sVM-sc** and **hmVM-sa** can both ping eachother
- Neither **sVM-sc** nor **hmVM-sa** can ping **W-sa**
- 8008-8009 are open on all machines in both directions
- ICMP echo is enabled on all machines in both directions

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## Referenced UE4/Swarm pages:

- [[Topics tagged unreal-engine & question](https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/701657/view.html)][2]
- [[Topics tagged unreal-engine & question](https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/942662/swarm-pingecho-request-failing-win10-cant-communic.html)][3]
- [[Topics tagged unreal-engine & question](https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/792311/view.html#comment-793886-form)][4]
- [[https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/rendering/72290-swarm-agents-don-t-render](https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/rendering/72290-swarm-agents-don-t-render)][5]
- [[https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/rendering/86582-remote-swarm-agent-doesn-t-seem-to-get-jobs](https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/rendering/86582-remote-swarm-agent-doesn-t-seem-to-get-jobs)][6]

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## What else can we look at for getting **hmVM-sa** to “_work for_” **W-sa**?

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