Re: [OMPI users] checkpointing 2 or more processes running in parallel

2009-09-08 Thread Josh Hursey
Though I would not recommend your technique for initiating a checkpoint from an application, it may work. Since ompi-checkpoint will need to contact and interact with every MPI process, this could cause problems if the application is blocking in system() while ompi- checkpoint is trying to

[OMPI users] checkpointing 2 or more processes running in parallel

2009-08-27 Thread Jean Potsam
Dear all,   I am trying to checkpoint an mpi application at specific points in my program. So, i created a small function as follows: void mychkpt() { system ("ompi-checkpoint -v `pidof mpirun`"); } and I am calling it in my MPI application at specific points. e.g ##