Re: MPI error when run directory is a Windows network drive
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On 2/06/2011 5:03 a.m., Nick Holford wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can use nmfe72 to perform an MPI run when executed from the host local C: drive but when I use exactly the same files (control stream file, data file, parafile) copied to a network drive I get an error about the parafile being missing.
>
> I'm using NM7.2.0 on WinSrvEnt2003. I get the same error with Intel 11.1 or gfortran compiled versions. Hard coding the run directory in the parafile instead of using %cd% has the same error. nmfe72 without a parafile option works OK with the network drive run directory.
>
> Has anyone else had success in getting mpi to execute with a Windows network drive as the run directory?
>
> nmfe72 theopd.ctl theopd.lst "-parafile=mpi2.pnm"
> [...]
>
> USING PARALLEL PROFILE mpi2.pnm
>
> MPI TRANSFER TYPE SELECTED
>
> Starting MPI version of nonmem execution ...
>
> PARAFILE NOT FOUND: mpi2.pnm
>
> ============= mpi2.pnm ========================
> $DEFAULTS
> [nodes]=2
> $GENERAL
>
> NODES=[nodes] PARSE_TYPE=2 PARSE_NUM=200 TIMEOUTI=600 TIMEOUT=1000 PARAPRINT=0 TRANSFER_TYPE=1
>
> $COMMANDS
> 1:mpiexec -wdir "%cd%" -hosts 1 localhost 1 <<nmexec>> %*
> 2-[nodes]:-wdir "%cd%\worker{#-1}" -hosts 1 localhost 1 <<nmexec>>
> $DIRECTORIES
> 1:NONE ; FIRST DIRECTORY IS THE COMMON DIRECTORY
> 2-[nodes]:worker{#-1} ; NEXT SET ARE THE WORKER directories
>
> ============= nmmpi.bat created by nmfe72 ========================
> mpiexec -wdir "%cd%" -hosts 1 localhost 1 nonmem.exe %* : ^
> -wdir "%cd%\worker1" -hosts 1 localhost 1 nonmem.exe
>
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> Dept Pharmacology& Clinical Pharmacology
> University of Auckland,85 Park Rd,Private Bag 92019,Auckland,New Zealand
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Nick Holford, Professor Clinical Pharmacology
Dept Pharmacology& Clinical Pharmacology
University of Auckland,85 Park Rd,Private Bag 92019,Auckland,New Zealand
tel:+64(9)923-6730 fax:+64(9)373-7090 mobile:+64(21)46 23 53
email:[email protected]
http://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/sms/pharmacology/holford