I tried -bynode option but it did not change anything. I also tried the
"hostname" name command and
I keep getting only the name of one node repeated according to the -n value.
Just to make sure I did the right installation, here is what I did:
-- On the head node (HN), I installed openMPI using the --with-tm option as
follows:
./configure --with-tm=/var/spool/torque --enable-static
make install all
-- On the worker nodes (WN1 and WN2), I installed openMPI without tm option as
follows (it is a local installation on each worker node):
./configure --enable-static
make install all
Is this correct?
Thanks a lot in advance.
~Belaid.
> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:07:58 -0500
> From: g...@ldeo.columbia.edu
> To: us...@open-mpi.org
> Subject: Re: [OMPI users] mpirun is using one PBS node only
>
> Hi Belaid Moa
>
> Belaid MOA wrote:
> > Thanks a lot Gus for you help again. I only have one CPU per node.
> > The -n X option (no matter what the value of X is) shows X processes
> > running on one node only (the other one is free).
>
> So, somehow it is oversubscribing your single processor
> on the first node.
>
> A simple diagnostic:
>
> Have you tried to run "hostname" on the two nodes through Torque/PBS
> and mpiexec?
>
> [PBS directives, cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR, etc]
> ...
> /full/path/to/openmpi/bin/mpiexec -n 2 hostname
>
> Try also with the -byslot and -bynode options.
>
>
> > If I add the machinefile option with WN1 and WN2 in it, the right
> > behavior is manifested. According to the documentation,
> > mpirun should get the PBS_NODEFILE automatically from the PBS.
>
> Yes, if you compiled OpenMPI you are using with Torque ("tm) support.
> Did you?
> Make sure the it has tm support.
> Run "ompi_info" with full path if needed, to check that.
> Are you sure the correct path to what you want is
> /usr/local/bin/mpirun ?
> Linux distributions, compilers, and other tools come with their
> mpiexec and put them in places that you may not suspect, to better
> double check you get what you want.
> That has been a source of repeated confusion on this and other
> mailing lists.
>
> Also, make sure that passwordless ssh across the nodes is working.
>
> Yet another thing to check, for easy name resolution,
> your /etc/hosts file on *all*
> nodes including the headnode should
> have a list of all nodes and their IP addresses.
> Something like this:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> 192.168.0.1 WN1
> 192.168.0.2 WN2
>
> (The IPs above are guesswork of mine, you know better which to use.)
>
> > So, I do
> > not need to use machinefile.
> >
>
> True assuming the first condition above (OpenMPI *with* "tm" suport).
>
> > Any ideas?
> >
>
> Yes, and I sent it to you on my last email!
> Try the "-bynode" option of mpiexec.
> ("man mpiexec" is your friend!)
>
> > Thanks a lot in advance.
> > ~Belaid.
> >
>
> Best of luck!
> Gus Correa
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Gustavo Correa
> Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University
> Palisades, NY, 10964-8000 - USA
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> PS - Your web site link to Paul Krugman is out of date.
> Here are one to his (active) blog,
> and another to his (no longer updated) web page: :)
>
> http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/
> http://www.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/
>
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:42:30 -0500
> > > From: g...@ldeo.columbia.edu
> > > To: us...@open-mpi.org
> > > Subject: Re: [OMPI users] mpirun is using one PBS node only
> > >
> > > Hi Belaid Moa
> > >
> > > Belaid MOA wrote:
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > Here is another elementary question. I tried the following steps found
> > > > in the FAQ section of www.open-mpi.org with a simple hello world
> > example
> > > > (with PBS/torque):
> > > > $ qsub -l nodes=2 my_script.sh
> > > >
> > > > my_script.sh is pasted below:
> > > > ========================
> > > > #!/bin/sh -l
> > > > #PBS -N helloTest
> > > > #PBS -j eo
> > > > echo `cat $PBS_NODEFILE` # shows two nodes: WN1 WN2
> > > > cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR
> > > > /usr/local/bin/mpirun hello
> > > > ========================
> > > >
> > > > When the job is submitted, only one process is ran. When I add the
> > -n 2
> > > > option to the mpirun command,
> > > > two processes are ran but on one node only.
> > >
> > > Do you have a single CPU/core per node?
> > > Or are they multi-socket/multi-core?
> > >
> > > Check "man mpiexec" for the options that control on which nodes and
> > > slots, etc your program will run.
> > > ("Man mpiexec" will tell you more than I possibly can.)
> > >
> > > The default option is "-byslot",
> > > which will use all "slots" (actually cores
> > > or CPUs) available on a node before it moves to the next node.
> > > Reading your question and your surprise with the result,
> > > I would guess what you want is "-bynode" (not the default).
> > >
> > > Also, if you have more than one CPU/core per node,
> > > you need to put this information in your Torque/PBS "nodes" file
> > > (and restart your pbs_server daemon).
> > > Something like this (for 2 CPUs/cores per node):
> > >
> > > WN1 np=2
> > > WN2 np=2
> > >
> > > I hope this helps,
> > > Gus Correa
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Gustavo Correa
> > > Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University
> > > Palisades, NY, 10964-8000 - USA
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > > Note that echo `cat
> > > > $PBS_NODEFILE` outputs
> > > > the two nodes I am using: WN1 and WN2.
> > > >
> > > > The output from ompi_info is shown below:
> > > >
> > > > $ ompi_info | grep tm
> > > > MCA memory: ptmalloc2 (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3)
> > > > MCA ras: tm (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3)
> > > > MCA plm: tm (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3)
> > > >
> > > > Any help on why openMPI/mpirun is using only one PBS node is very
> > > > appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks a lot in advance and sorry for bothering you guys with my
> > > > elementary questions!
> > > >
> > > > ~Belaid.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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