~Belaid.
> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:36:15 -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
>
> The OpenMPI I install and use is on a NFS mounted directory.
> Hence, all the nodes see the same version, which has "tm" support.
>
> After reading your OpenMPI configuration parameters on the headnode
> and working nodes (and the difference between them),
> I would guess (just a guess) that the problem you see is because your
> OpenMPI version on the nodes (probably) do not have Torque support.
>
> However, you should first verify that this is really the case,
> because if the OpenMPI configure script
> finds the torque libraries it will (probably) configure and
> install OpenMPI with "tm" support, even if you don't ask it
> explicitly on the working nodes.
> Hence, ssh to WN1 or WN2 and do "ompi_info" to check this out first.
>
> If there is no Torque on WN1 and WN2 then OpenMPI won't find it
> and you won't have "tm" support on the nodes.
>
> In any case, if OpenMPI "tm" support is missing on WN[1,2},
> I would suggest that you reinstall OpenMPI on WN1 and WN2 *with tm
support*.
> This will require that you have Torque on the working nodes also,
> and use the same configure command line that you used on the headnode.
>
> A low-tech alternative is to copy over your OpenMPI directory tree to
> the WN1 and WN2 nodes.
>
> A yet simpler alternative is to reinstall OpenMPI on the headnode
> on a NFS mounted directory (as I do here), then
> add the corresponding "bin" path to your PATH,
> and the corresponding "lib" path to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
> variables.
>
> Think about maintenance, and upgrades:
> On an NFS mounted directory
> you need to install only once, whereas the way you have it now you need
> to do it N+1 times (or have a mechanism to propagate a single
> installation from the head node to the compute nodes).
>
> NFS is your friend! :)
>
> I hope this helps,
> Gus Correa
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Gustavo Correa
> Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University
> Palisades, NY, 10964-8000 - USA
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Belaid MOA wrote:
> > 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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