Had to go back into the deep, dark archives and look at the source code to address this. :-)
Your understanding is correct - ompi should see those envars and automatically use xgrid. I don't see anything in the source code beyond those variables described in the reference you provided. You could try setting OMPI_MCA_pls=xgrid and OMPI_MCA_ras=xgrid in the environment to force the use of xgrid, though it should automatically pick it up as you say. I don't see anything in the source that applies to setting a grid id. In the connection setup, I do see we tell it to use the default port number, which may translate under-their-covers to a grid id (I couldn't find anything in the xgrid docs that stated either way). Afraid we can't test it any more as none of the developers has access to an xgrid server :-( Been trying to rectify that as we would like to restore support, but so far no joy... On Jun 21, 2010, at 3:01 PM, charlie strauss wrote: > To be more specific. > > I have a working xgrid with the envirnment variables set. In particular I > can run xgrid commands from the shell prompt like this: > > xgrid -job submit /bin/hostname > > and it runs because the enviroment variables are set. > > my understanding is that openMPI will look for those ENV vars and if present > try to run on xgrid. my understanding is that there are no configuration > files for this needed. It should work out of the box. > > thus I could be able to type at the same command line: > mpirun -np 3 /bin/hostname > or > mpirun -np 3 examples/hello_c ( the mpi example) > > and have them run on xgrid. (for example see > http://www.macresearch.org/getting_started_with_openmpi_and_xgrid ) > > But that's not what happens instead they always run on the localhost > > I know I'm not the only one who has this issue since i can reproduce it on 6 > different computers around me and I see questions like mine posted on the web. > > Is there any other configuration one needs to use the built-in openmpi and > have it use an available xgrid? > > (separate question: if so, does it always uses the default logical grid or is > there a way to configure which grid id (a given controller_host can partition > the grid into logical subsets of nodes. in xgrid-speak these are calles > logical grids and one of these is assigned to be the default grid if the > grif-id is not specified). > > > > > > > > On Jun 21, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Barrett, Brian W wrote: > >> You have to set two environment variables (XGRID_CONTROLLER_HOSTNAME and >> XGRID_CONTROLLER_PASSWORD) with the correct information in order for the >> XGrid starter to work. Due to the way XGrid works, the nolocal option will >> not work properly when launching with XGrid. >> >> Brian >> >> On Jun 21, 2010, at 1:28 PM, charlie strauss wrote: >> >>> Perhaps I was mistaken about 1.5rc1. As for the installed openMPI on >>> mac osx, my 10.5 OSX has v1.2.3 when I try to run it, it works fine >>> locally but it never finds the xgrid. >>> >>> any mpi job I run, will run on the localhost not the xgrid agents. If try >>> to force the issue by specifying -nolocal then it just complains there are >>> no nodes. >>> >>> SO how do I use openMPI so that it uses the nodes of an xgrid cluster? >>> >>> mpirun -nolocal -n 32 /bin/hostname >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> There are no available nodes allocated to this job. This could be because >>> no nodes were found or all the available nodes were already used. >>> >>> Note that since the -nolocal option was given no processes can be >>> launched on the local node. >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> [ocho.lanl.gov:35438] [0,0,0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Temporarily out of resource >>> in file >>> /SourceCache/openmpi/openmpi-5/openmpi/orte/mca/rmaps/base/rmaps_base_support_fns.c >>> at line 168 >>> [ocho.lanl.gov:35438] [0,0,0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Temporarily out of resource >>> in file >>> /SourceCache/openmpi/openmpi-5/openmpi/orte/mca/rmaps/round_robin/rmaps_rr.c >>> at line 402 >>> [ocho.lanl.gov:35438] [0,0,0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Temporarily out of resource >>> in file >>> /SourceCache/openmpi/openmpi-5/openmpi/orte/mca/rmaps/base/rmaps_base_map_job.c >>> at line 210 >>> [ocho.lanl.gov:35438] [0,0,0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Temporarily out of resource >>> in file /SourceCache/openmpi/openmpi-5/openmpi/orte/mca/rmgr/urm/rmgr_urm.c >>> at line 372 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 16, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Ralph Castain wrote: >>> >>>> Where did you see that 1.5 works with xgrid? That support has been broken >>>> since the 1.2 series, unfortunately, so it would help to ensure we don't >>>> have stale docs out there to the contrary. >>>> >>>> As for the 1.2 results, you are aware (I imagine) that OSX ships with the >>>> last 1.2 release already installed? You don't have to do anything to use >>>> it but run. >>>> >>>> If you are getting peer timeouts, that is almost always a firewall issue. >>>> But I would try the factory-installed version first to be sure. >>>> >>>> On Jun 16, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Charlie E. Strauss wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm new to openMPI. I'm trying to set it up for using xgrid. I have read >>>>> that v1.3 and v1.4 are broken on OSX 10.5 and 10.6 although I have seen >>>>> some discussions in the archives of this mail list saying some people have >>>>> v1.4 running on 10.6. >>>>> >>>>> I have now compiled both openMPI 1.2 and openMPI1.5rc and neither of >>>>> these is working for me with xgrid. Both of these say they work with >>>>> xgrid. >>>>> >>>>> The failuremodes are different. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone know how to get a working install? I am building this on a OSX >>>>> 10.5.8 >>>>> machine. THe xgrid controller is on a OSX 10.6 server machine. I have >>>>> tried >>>>> configuring with and without the --with-xgrid option. >>>>> >>>>> Behaviour of openMPI1.2 >>>>> $ /usr/local/openmpi/bin/mpirun -nolocal -n 2 /bin/hostname >>>>> >>>>> THe job appears in the xgrid queue, and the logs show it is running on a >>>>> remote machine. However nothing ever happens and peeking in the xgrid >>>>> results I see: >>>>> >>>>> $ xgrid -job results -id 8703 >>>>> [brio.llnl.gov:38789] [0,0,1]-[0,0,0] mca_oob_tcp_peer_complete_connect: >>>>> connection failed: Operation timed out (60) - retrying >>>>> [brio.llnl.gov:38792] [0,0,2]-[0,0,0] mca_oob_tcp_peer_complete_connect: >>>>> connection failed: Operation timed out (60) - retrying >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps a firewall issue? >>>>> >>>>> Of course I'm more interested in getting the new openMPI1.5 working. >>>>> When I run this, again I get an entry in the queue, and the job runs on a >>>>> remote machine but I get a job failed message >>>>> >>>>> $ /usr/local/openmpi5/bin/mpirun -n 2 /bin/hostname >>>>> $ xgrid -job results -id 8702 >>>>> [brio.llnl.gov:38776] Error: unknown option "-mca" >>>>> >>>>> ---- >>>>> >>>>> Note I have NOT installed openMPI on any of the other computers in the >>>>> grid. So perhaps that is the problem? If I did install it on other >>>>> computers how would I tell mpirun where to find the path to the install >>>>> point? >>>>> >>>>> ---- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Finally in both cases, I don't see any way to pass xgrid specific argument >>>>> in on the mpi command line. An xgrid controller divides the agents into >>>>> sets of logical grids and you need to specify which logical grid to submit >>>>> the job to. In xgrid cli syntax one write "xgrid -gid 2" for grid 2. >>>>> When I use openMPI all the jobs get sent to just the default grid which is >>>>> the grid that xgrid uses if no gid is specified. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> users mailing list >>>>> us...@open-mpi.org >>>>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >>>> >>> >>> Charlie Strauss >>> Bioscience Division >>> c...@lanl.gov >>> 505 665 4838 >>> Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> users mailing list >>> us...@open-mpi.org >>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> us...@open-mpi.org >> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > > Charlie Strauss > Bioscience Division > c...@lanl.gov > 505 665 4838 > Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users
