[mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7

Jayesh Krishna jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
Mon Jan 4 14:25:54 CST 2010 

 Great... let us know if you need further help.

Regards,
Jayesh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherry Frese" <Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com>
To: "Jayesh Krishna" <jayesh at mcs.anl.gov>
Sent: Monday, January 4, 2010 2:06:26 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7

Hi,

I tried your suggestion, and it worked!  Thanks so much.

--Sherry

At 12:34 PM 1/4/2010, you wrote:
>Hi,
>  Did you right-click on the command prompt and select "Run as 
> administrator" (All users including admin users have to explicilty 
> run the command prompt with admin privs as mentioned) before 
> running the msiexec command ?
>
>(PS: I know you are running all commands as an admin user. However I 
>want to make sure that you followed the step above.)
>
>-Jayesh
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sherry Frese" <Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com>
>To: "Jayesh Krishna" <jayesh at mcs.anl.gov>
>Sent: Monday, January 4, 2010 11:38:43 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7
>
>
>Yes, I was in  an account with admin privileges, and I received no
>error messages during the install.  In fact, at the end it said it
>had installed successfully.
>    --Sherry
>
>At 10:31 AM 1/4/2010, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >  It looks like the MPICH2 installation was not successful.
> >
> > >> This time I uninstalled (which said it was successful) and then
> > installed the MPICH2, using msiexec from the command line as you 
> suggested...
> >
> >  Did you install MPICH2 from a command prompt with admin privileges
> > (Opening a command prompt from an admin account does not provide
> > the command prompt with admin privileges) ?
> >  Did you get any error messages during the install ?
> >
> >Regards,
> >Jayesh
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Sherry Frese" <Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com>
> >To: jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
> >Sent: Monday, January 4, 2010 11:18:03 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> >Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >1.  The MPICH2 process manager does NOT show up in the list of services.
> >
> >2.  When I run mpiexec -n 2 hostname
> >
> >It requests the smpd passphrase (which I provide) then, after ~5 
> sec. it says
> >
> >Unable to connect to 'dagger:8676'
> >sock error: generic socket error. error stack:
> >MPIDU_sock_post_connect (1288): unable to connect to dagger on port
> >8676, exhausted all endpoints (errorno -1)
> >MPIDU_sock_post_connect (1275): unable to connect to dagger on port
> >8676, No connection could be made because the target machine actively
> >refused it (errono10061)
> >
> >I get the same message even if I turn off the firewall.
> >
> >--Sherry
> >
> >At 09:36 AM 1/4/2010, you wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >  Can you see MPICH2 process manager in the list of services (Look
> > > at Control Panel\System and Security\Administrative
> > > Tools\Services)? Also check the status of the service (Is it started ?)?
> > >  You don't have to supply the "-localonly" flag to run MPI
> > > processes on the local machine. MPICH2 by default launches the
> > > processes on the local machine ("mpiexec -n 1 m2" should launch m2
> > > on the local machine).
> > >  Can you run a simple non-MPI program (mpiexec -n 2 hostname)?
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >Jayesh
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Sherry Frese" <Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com>
> > >To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> > >Sent: Monday, January 4, 2010 10:16:45 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> > >Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7
> > >
> > >Jayesh,
> > >
> > >Thanks for the response, but it still does not work.
> > >
> > >Previously I had just been executing the .msi file from my admin
> > >account.  This time I uninstalled (which said it was successful) and
> > >then installed the MPICH2, using msiexec from the command line as you
> > >suggested.  The GUI came up,  and all seemed fine (I kept the default
> > >smpd password and installed for all users).  And indeed, as before I
> > >have all  the MPICH2 directories and files in my Program File (x86)
> > >directory.  However the smpd service is not being installed.
> > >
> > >I've checked on the Task manager - it's not there.
> > >I tried    sc \\hostname query smpd      and it  now says
> > >
> > >[SC] EnumQueryServicesStatus: OpenService FAILED  1060:
> > >The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
> > >
> > >My parallel executable is called m2.  When I try
> > >
> > >    mpiexec  -n 1 -localonly  m2
> > >
> > >I get a request for the smpd passphrase , which I supply.
> > >
> > >mpiexec (I assume) then comes back with
> > >
> > >Unknown option : -d
> > >missing numproc flag: -n , -np, -hosts,  or -localonly
> > >Unable to parse mipexec command arguments
> > >ReadFile() Failed, error 109
> > >unable to start the local smpd manager
> > >
> > >I get the same response if I try    mpiexec  -n 2
> > >-localonly  m2    or     mpiexec  -localonly 1 m2 .
> > >
> > >
> > >I'm pretty sure that the problem is that the smpd service is not
> > >being installed.
> > >
> > >One additional  piece of info.  This is a 64 bit machine, and the m2
> > >I am running is a 32 bit version.  But it runs fine in serial on
> > this machine.
> > >
> > >Thanks for you  help,
> > >Sherry
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >At 08:09 AM 1/4/2010, you wrote:
> > > >Hi,
> > > >  Open a command prompt with administrator privileges (Right-click
> > > > on command prompt icon and select "Run as administrator") and use
> > > > the windows installer from command line to install MPICH2.
> > > >  To uninstall MPICH2 (It is recommended that you uninstall MPICH2
> > > > before installing a new version) run the following at the command
> > > > prompt (with admin privileges),
> > > >
> > > >    msiexec /x mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi
> > > >
> > > >  To install MPICH2 run the following at the command prompt (with
> > > > admin privileges),
> > > >
> > > >    msiexec /i mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi
> > > >
> > > >  Let us know if you still have problems.
> > > >
> > > >(PS: Running msiexec at the command prompt should bring up the GUI
> > > >for installing MPICH2.)
> > > >
> > > >Regards,
> > > >Jayesh
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Sherry Frese" <Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com>
> > > >To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> > > >Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 9:54:42 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> > > >Subject: [mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7
> > > >
> > > >I have been using MPICH2 on Windows XP (as well as under linux) for
> > > >over 2 years.
> > > >
> > > >I am now moving to Windows 7 on a new PC.  I have downloaded and
> > > >installed the most recent MPICH2 for Windows and the install appears
> > > >to have been OK.  However, the smpd refuses to install as a
> > > >service.  smpd never shows up in the Task Manager's list of
> > > >services.  I have run 'sc //hostname query smpd', and it says the
> > > >'specified service does not exist as an installed service'.
> > > >
> > > >I have redone the full install several times, under 2 different admin
> > > >accounts (one of them named 'administator').  I have tried the
> > > >explicit smpd -install as well (varying accounts, directory
> > > >locations. etc.), and routinely receive the message:
> > > >
> > > >OpenSCManager Failed:
> > > >Access is denied. (error 5)
> > > >Unable to remove  the previous installation, install failed.
> > > >
> > > >If I try smpd -uninstall, I get the same OpenSCManager 
> Failed... message.
> > > >
> > > >Any advice would be greatly appreciated
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >----------------------------
> > > >Sherry Frese
> > > >
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> > >Sherry Frese
> > >NumerEx
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> >Sherry Frese
> >NumerEx
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> >NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS - Sherry.Frese at NumerEx-LLC.com
>
>----------------------------
>Sherry Frese
>NumerEx
>505-828-9050
>NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS - Sherry.Frese at NumerEx-LLC.com

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NumerEx
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