[mpich-discuss] multiple mpich2 jobs on a single node

[Rajeev Thakur]

Can you try running them with a single mpdboot?

Rajeev 

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> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:52 AM
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> Subject: [mpich-discuss] multiple mpich2 jobs on a single node
> 
> Hi, perhaps this is an FAQ, but I can't seem to find it.
> 
> I've noticed that if I have two mpich2 jobs running on for 
> example, the same 8-processor node, submitted as
> 
> mpdboot
> mpirun -np 4 ./a.out
> 
> 
> mpdboot
> mpirun -np 4 ./a.out2
> 
> 
> then when one of the jobs completes, it kills all the mpd 
> processes along 
> with it, and the remaining job dies with message
> 
> job aborted; reason = mpd disappeared
> 
> 
> Is there an easy fix for this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bryan
> 
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