[mpich-discuss] SMPD, Problem launching when using -host

[James S Perrin]

Hi,

     No I get the same error if I use the ipaddress.

Regards
James


Jayesh Krishna wrote:
>  Hi,
>   Does it work if you specify the ipaddress of the machine instead of 
> hostname (mpiexec -n 1 master : -host IPADDRESS_OF_roobarb -n 1 slave) ?
> 
> Regards,
> Jayesh
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James S Perrin [mailto:james.s.perrin at manchester.ac.uk]
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 5:18 AM
> To: Jayesh Krishna
> Cc: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] SMPD, Problem launching when using -host
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Jayesh Krishna wrote:
>  >  Hi,
>  >
>  >  >> mpiexec -n 1 -host roobarb master : -n 1 slave
>  >         The command above("-host" option specified for only one
>  > executable) works for me. What is the error message that you get
>  > (Provide us with the snapshot of your command and the error output. It
>  > would also help us if you provide more details - Is roobarb a remote
>  > machine ? etc) ?
> 
> The error is:
> 
> [0] PMI_Init failed: FAIL - init called when another process has exited 
> without calling init Fatal error in MPI_Init_thread: Other MPI error, 
> error stack:
> MPIR_Init_thread(294): Initialization failed
> MPID_Init(82)........: channel initialization failed
> MPID_Init(333).......: PMI_Init returned -1unable to read the cmd header 
> on the pmi context, generic socket failure, error stack:
> MPIDU_Sock_wait(2603): The specified network name is no longer 
> available. (errno 64).
> 
> job aborted:
> rank: node: exit code[: error message]
> 0: ROOBARB: 3: Fatal error in MPI_Init_thread: Other MPI error, error stack:
> MPIR_Init_thread(294): Initialization failed
> MPID_Init(82)........: channel initialization failed
> MPID_Init(333).......: PMI_Init returned -1
> 1: roobarb: -1073741515
> 
> The second process is not starting for some reason.
> 
> roobarb happens to be the local machine in this case but the problem 
> also occurs on a cluster.
> 
> It will launch correctly if I use:
> 
> mpiexec -n 1 master : -n 1 slave - SUCCESS
> 
> which should be no different from:
> 
> mpiexec -n 1 master : -host roobarb -n 1 slave - FAILS
> 
> when everything is running on roobarb.
> 
>  >  >> mpiexec -localroot -n 1 roobarb master : -host roobarb -n 1 slave
>  >
>  >         When using the "-localroot" option you should not specify the
>  > hostname for the 1st executable. The command should be,
>  >
>  >  >> mpiexec -localroot -n 1 master : -host roobarb -n 1 slave
> 
> sorry typo I meant if would work I used:
> 
> mpiexec -localroot -host roobarb -n 1  master : -host roobarb -n 1 slave
> 
> Regards
> James
> 
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: owner-mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>  > [mailto:owner-mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of James S Perrin
>  > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 12:13 PM
>  > To: mpich
>  > Subject: [mpich-discuss] SMPD, Problem launching when using -host
>  >
>  > Hi,
>  >      Processes fail to start if -host is used for only some but not
>  > all processes when launching. ie the machines that some processes
>  > launch on is left up to the smpd to allocate.
>  >
>  > eg
>  >
>  > mpiexec -n 1 -host roobarb master : -n 1 slave
>  >
>  > when -localroot is used the following fails unless -host is also
>  > specified for the master.
>  >
>  > mpiexc -localroot -n 1 roobarb master : -host roobarb -n 1 slave
>  >
>  > Using MPICH2 1.0.7 on WinXP ia32.
>  >
>  > Regards
>  > James
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