[mpich-discuss] MPICH2 and Windows Vista

Fri Oct 9 05:01:31 CDT 2009

Hi Jaeysh.

The following is from a session on system b.

I’ve cut and pasted from the dos box, and not typed anything myself.

System B
========

Firewall off
User account control off

dos box 1
---------

C:\document\fortran\newbook\mpi>smpd -install
MPICH2 Process Manager, Argonne National Lab installed.

C:\document\fortran\newbook\mpi>smpd -status
smpd running on dell-xps

C:\document\fortran\newbook\mpi>

dos box 2
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C:\document\fortran\newbook\mpi>mpiexec -remove
Account and password removed from the Registry.

C:\document\fortran\newbook\mpi>mpiexec -register
account (domain\user) [dell-xps\ian]: ian
password:
confirm password:
Password encrypted into the Registry.

C:\document\fortran\newbook\mpi>mpiexec -validate
SUCCESS

C:\document\fortran\newbook\mpi>mpiexec -n 2 hostname
dell-xps
dell-xps

C:\document\fortran\newbook\mpi>mpiexec -n 8 hostname
dell-xps
dell-xps
dell-xps
dell-xps
dell-xps
dell-xps
dell-xps
dell-xps

C:\document\fortran\newbook\mpi>mpiexec -n 8 mpi_example01.exe
launch failed: CreateProcess(mpi_example01.exe) on 'dell-xps' failed, error 

5 -
Access is denied.

launch failed: CreateProcess(mpi_example01.exe) on 'dell-xps' failed, error 

5 -
Access is denied.

launch failed: CreateProcess(mpi_example01.exe) on 'dell-xps' failed, error 

5 -
Access is denied.

launch failed: CreateProcess(mpi_example01.exe) on 'dell-xps' failed, error 

5 -
Access is denied.

launch failed: CreateProcess(mpi_example01.exe) on 'dell-xps' failed, error 

5 -
Access is denied.

launch failed: CreateProcess(mpi_example01.exe) on 'dell-xps' failed, error 

5 -
Access is denied.

launch failed: CreateProcess(mpi_example01.exe) on 'dell-xps' failed, error 

5 -
Access is denied.

launch failed: CreateProcess(mpi_example01.exe) on 'dell-xps' failed, error 

5 -
Access is denied.

Error posting writev, An established connection was aborted by the software 

in
our host machine.(10053)
unable to post a write for the next command,
sock error: Error = 10053

unable to post a write of the close command to tear down the job tree as 

part o
 the abort process.
unable to post an abort command.

C:\document\fortran\newbook\mpi>

From: Jayesh Krishna [mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov] 
Sent: 08 October 2009 17:44
To: ian.chivers at chiversandbryan.co.uk
Cc: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
Subject: RE: [mpich-discuss] MPICH2 and Windows Vista

 Hi,

#  Have you registered your username/password correctly (mpiexec -remove;
mpiexec -register; mpiexec -validate)?

# Can you run simple non-MPI programs like hostname (mpiexec -n 2 hostname)?

# Are you using a shared drive for your executable (Use the "-map" option to
map shared drives for your MPI job)?

  Make sure that you copy-paste the command and the output of the command in
your email (Don't re-type).
  On a side note, MPICH2 currently does not support heterogeneous systems.
So you cannot run jobs spanning 32-bit and 64-bit systems.

Regards,
Jaeysh

-----Original Message-----
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ian.chivers at chiversandbryan.co.uk
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:53 AM
To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
Subject: [mpich-discuss] MPICH2 and Windows Vista

I'm having problems running mpich2 under windows vista.

The systems are running

System A:  vista home premium sp2 64 bit - mpich2-1.0.8-win-x86-640 System
B:  vista home premium sp2 64 bit - mpich2-1.1.1p1-win-x86-64
System C:  vista home basic   sp2 32 bit - mpich2-1.1.1p1win-ia32

earlier this year I had system A working. B and C were installed this week.

On system A all I remember having to do was switch the Windows firewall off.

with A, B and C I have now tried switching off

   Windows firewall
   User Account Control

On system A i can do

   smpd -install

and from another dos box I can run

   smpd -status

and this reports that smpd is running.

However when trying

mpiexec -n 4 mpi_example01.exe

i get

launch failed: CreateProcess(mpi_example01.exe) on 'hornbeam' failed, error
5 - Access is denied.

I get similar problems on B and C.

Is this problem resolvable with Vista?

If not what versions of the Windows operating system do people recommend
with MPICH2?

It is quite frustrating because I was getting quite good program speed up on
the quad core system earlier this year.

thanks in advance

ian chivers