Hi, I ran np=4 for a small (-da_grid_x 6, -da_grid_y 5) problem, with PETSC_STENCIL_BOX and width=2, dof = 4.
When I use vecLoad() to load the binary file with the following set: PetscViewerBinaryOpen(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,fileName,FILE_MODE_READ,&viewer); VecLoad(viewer,PETSC_NULL,&FIELD); ierr = DAVecGetArray(da2_4,FIELD,&field);CHKERRQ(ierr); ierr = DAVecRestoreArray(da2_4,FIELD,&field);CHKERRQ(ierr); ierr = VecDestroy(FIELD);CHKERRQ(ierr); ierr = DADestroy(da2_4);CHKERRQ(ierr); ierr = PetscViewerDestroy(viewer);CHKERRQ(ierr); However, I got the error messages as below: [0]PETSC ERROR: DAVecGetArray() line 53 in src/dm/da/src/dagetarray.c Vector local size 32 is not compatible with DA local sizes 36 100 [1]PETSC ERROR: DAVecGetArray() line 53 in src/dm/da/src/dagetarray.c Vector local size 32 is not compatible with DA local sizes 36 100 [2]PETSC ERROR: DAVecGetArray() line 53 in src/dm/da/src/dagetarray.c Vector local size 28 is not compatible with DA local sizes 24 80 [3]PETSC ERROR: DAVecGetArray() line 53 in src/dm/da/src/dagetarray.c Vector local size 28 is not compatible with DA local sizes 24 80 Then I tracked down and tried to find how this 32,32,28,28 coming from. It turns out that my da2_4 has the parameters at each processor: xs xe ys ye x y Xs Xe Ys Ye Nl base nlocal Nlocal p0: 0 12 0 3 12 3 0 20 0 5 100 0 100 36 p1: 12 24 0 3 12 3 4 24 0 5 100 36 100 36 p2: 0 12 3 5 12 2 0 20 1 5 80 72 80 24 p3: 12 24 3 5 12 2 4 24 1 5 80 96 80 24 and deep in #0 PetscSplitOwnership (comm=-2080374782, n=0x8a061b4, N=0x8a061b8) at psplit.c:81 #1 0x08628384 in PetscLayoutSetUp (map=0x8a061b0) at pmap.c:140 #2 0x08618320 in VecCreate_MPI_Private (v=0x8a05c50, alloc=PETSC_TRUE, nghost=0, array=0x0) at pbvec.c:182 #3 0x08618ba7 in VecCreate_MPI (vv=0x8a05c50) at pbvec.c:232 #4 0x085f1554 in VecSetType (vec=0x8a05c50, method=0x885dd0b "mpi") at vecreg.c:54 #5 0x085ec4f0 in VecSetTypeFromOptions_Private (vec=0x8a05c50) at vector.c:1335 #6 0x085ec909 in VecSetFromOptions (vec=0x8a05c50) at vector.c:1370 #7 0x085d7a7e in VecLoad_Binary (viewer=0x89f70b0, itype=0x885ce3d "mpi", newvec=0xbfe148e4) at vecio.c:228 #8 0x085d70e4 in VecLoad (viewer=0x89f70b0, outtype=0x885ce3d "mpi", newvec=0xbfe148e4) at vecio.c:134 #9 0x0804f140 in FormInitialGuess_physical (dmmg=0x89a2880, X=0x89b34f0) at vecviewload_out.c:390 #10 0x08052ced in DMMGSolve (dmmg=0x89a2720) at damg.c:307 #11 0x0804d479 in main (argc=-1, argv=0xbfe14cd4) at vecviewload_out.c:186 it says that *n = *N/size + ((*N % size) > rank); where *N = 30; size = 4; rank = 0,1,2,3, in such a case, this gives me *n = 32,32,28,28 for pro0,1,2,3, separately. Where could be wrong with this mismatch of the local vector size and da local size(excluding ghost pts or including ghost pts)? Thanks so much! Rebecca