[OMPI users] Sorry! You were supposed to get help about: But couldn't open help-orterun.txt

Discussion:

2011-05-11 11:46:13 UTC

Hi,

I am observing following message on Windows platform...

c:\Users\oza\Desktop\test>mpirun
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
orterun:executable-not-specified
But I couldn't open the help file:
C:\Users\hpcfan\Documents\OpenMPI\openmpi-1.5.3\installed-64\share\openmpi\help-orterun.txt:
No such file or directory. Sorry!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

I copied pre-built installed "OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64" directory into one
Windows machine to another Windows machine.

As discussed in some mailing-threads I also tried to set OPAL_PKGDATA
and other OPAL_* environment variables, but still above message
persist.

Please suggest.

Thank you in advance.
-Hiral

2011-05-11 11:51:57 UTC

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It's my mistake it should be OPAL_PKGDATADIR env var instead of OPAL_DATADIR.
With this it is working fine.

Thank you.
-Hiral

2011-05-11 12:10:38 UTC

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After setting OPAL_PKGDATADIR, "mpirun" gives proper help message.

But when executing simple test program which calls MPI_ALLREDUCE() it
gives following errors onto the console...

c:\ompi_tests\win64>mpirun mar_f_i_op.exe
[nbld-w08:04820] [[30632,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.3\orte\mca\ras\base\ras_base_allocate.c at line
147
[nbld-w08:04820] [[30632,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.3\orte\mca\plm\base\plm_base_launch_support.c at
line 99
[nbld-w08:04820] [[30632,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.3\orte\mca\plm\ccp\plm_ccp_module.c at line 186

Any idea on these errors???

Clarification: I installed pre-built OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64 on Windows 7
and copied this directory into Windows Server 2008.

Thank you in advance.
-Hiral

Ralph Castain

2011-05-11 12:50:15 UTC

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I don't know a lot about the Windows port, but that error means that mpirun got an error when trying to discover the allocated nodes.

Post by hi
After setting OPAL_PKGDATADIR, "mpirun" gives proper help message.
But when executing simple test program which calls MPI_ALLREDUCE() it
gives following errors onto the console...
c:\ompi_tests\win64>mpirun mar_f_i_op.exe
[nbld-w08:04820] [[30632,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.3\orte\mca\ras\base\ras_base_allocate.c at line
147
[nbld-w08:04820] [[30632,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.3\orte\mca\plm\base\plm_base_launch_support.c at
line 99
[nbld-w08:04820] [[30632,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.3\orte\mca\plm\ccp\plm_ccp_module.c at line 186
Any idea on these errors???
Clarification: I installed pre-built OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64 on Windows 7
and copied this directory into Windows Server 2008.
Thank you in advance.
-Hiral
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Jeff Squyres

2011-05-11 13:21:26 UTC

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Post by hi
Clarification: I installed pre-built OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64 on Windows 7
and copied this directory into Windows Server 2008.

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2011-05-12 06:32:05 UTC

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Hi,

Clarifications:
- I have downloaded pre-build OpenMPI_v1..5.3-x64 from open-mpi.org
- installed it on Window 7
- and then copied OpenMPI_v1..5.3-x64 directory from Windows 7 to
Windows Server 2008 into different directory and also in same
directory

Now on Windows Server 2008, I am observing these errors...

c:\ompi_tests\win64>mpirun mar_f_i_op.exe
[nbld-w08:04820] [[30632,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.3\orte\mca\ras\base\ras_base_allocate.c at line
147
[nbld-w08:04820] [[30632,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.3\orte\mca\plm\base\plm_base_launch_support.c at
line 99
[nbld-w08:04820] [[30632,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.3\orte\mca\plm\ccp\plm_ccp_module.c at line 186
=

As suggested, I tried with following but nothing worked...
- copied to the same directory as it was in previous machine
- executed "mpirun -mca orte_headnode_name HEADNODE_NAME" and "mpirun
-mca orte_headnode_name MYHOSTNAME"
- set OPENMPI_HOME and other OPAL_* env variables as follow...

set OPENMPI_HOME=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64
set OPAL_PREFIX=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64
set OPAL_EXEC_PREFIX=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64
set OPAL_BINDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\bin
set OPAL_SBINDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\sbin
set OPAL_LIBEXECDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\libexec
set OPAL_DATAROOTDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\share
set OPAL_DATADIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\share
set OPAL_SYSCONFDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\etc
set OPAL_LOCALSTATEDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\etc
set OPAL_LIBDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\lib
set OPAL_INCLUDEDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\include
set OPAL_INFODIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\share\info
set OPAL_MANDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\share\man
set OPAL_PKGDATADIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\share\openmpi
set OPAL_PKGLIBDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\lib\openmpi
set OPAL_PKGINCLUDEDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\include\openmpi

Please correct if I missed any other env variable.

Thank you.
-Hiral

Hi,
The error message means that Open MPI couldn't allocate any compute node. It might because the headnode wasn't discovered. You could try with option "-mca orte_headnode_name HEADNODE_NAME" in the mpirun command line (mpirun --help will show how to use it) .
And Jeff is also right, special care should be taken for the executable paths, and it's better to use UNC path.
To clarify the path issue, if you just copy the OMPI dir to another computer, there might also be another problem that OMPI couldn't load the registry entries, as the registry entries were set during the installation phase on the specific computer. In 1.5.3, a overall env "OPENMPI_HOME" will do the work.
Regards,
Shiqing
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Post by hi
Clarification: I installed pre-built OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64 on Windows 7
and copied this directory into Windows Server 2008.

Did you copy OMPI to the same directory tree that you built it?
OMPI hard-codes some directory names when it builds, and it expects to find that directory structure when it runs. If you build OMPI with a --prefix of /foo, but then move it to /bar, various things may not work (like finding help messages, etc.) unless you set the OMPI/OPAL environment variables that tell OMPI where the files are actually located.
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2011-05-18 10:26:25 UTC

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Any comment / suggestion on how to resolve this?

Thank you.
-Hiral

Post by hi
Hi,
- I have downloaded pre-build OpenMPI_v1..5.3-x64 from open-mpi.org
- installed it on Window 7
- and then copied OpenMPI_v1..5.3-x64 directory from Windows 7 to
Windows Server 2008 into different directory and also in same
directory
Now on Windows Server 2008, I am observing these errors...
c:\ompi_tests\win64>mpirun mar_f_i_op.exe
[nbld-w08:04820] [[30632,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.3\orte\mca\ras\base\ras_base_allocate.c at line
147
[nbld-w08:04820] [[30632,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.3\orte\mca\plm\base\plm_base_launch_support.c at
line 99
[nbld-w08:04820] [[30632,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.3\orte\mca\plm\ccp\plm_ccp_module.c at line 186
=
As suggested, I tried with following but nothing worked...
- copied to the same directory as it was in previous machine
- executed "mpirun -mca orte_headnode_name HEADNODE_NAME" and "mpirun
-mca orte_headnode_name MYHOSTNAME"
- set OPENMPI_HOME and other OPAL_* env variables as follow...
set OPENMPI_HOME=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64
set OPAL_PREFIX=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64
set OPAL_EXEC_PREFIX=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64
set OPAL_BINDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\bin
set OPAL_SBINDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\sbin
set OPAL_LIBEXECDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\libexec
set OPAL_DATAROOTDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\share
set OPAL_DATADIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\share
set OPAL_SYSCONFDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\etc
set OPAL_LOCALSTATEDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\etc
set OPAL_LIBDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\lib
set OPAL_INCLUDEDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\include
set OPAL_INFODIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\share\info
set OPAL_MANDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\share\man
set OPAL_PKGDATADIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\share\openmpi
set OPAL_PKGLIBDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\lib\openmpi
set OPAL_PKGINCLUDEDIR=C:\MPIs\OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64\include\openmpi
Please correct if I missed any other env variable.
Thank you.
-Hiral

Hi,
The error message means that Open MPI couldn't allocate any compute node.
It might because the headnode wasn't discovered. You could try with option
"-mca orte_headnode_name HEADNODE_NAME" in the mpirun command line (mpirun
--help will show how to use it) .
And Jeff is also right, special care should be taken for the executable
paths, and it's better to use UNC path.
To clarify the path issue, if you just copy the OMPI dir to another
computer, there might also be another problem that OMPI couldn't load the
registry entries, as the registry entries were set during the installation
phase on the specific computer. In 1.5.3, a overall env "OPENMPI_HOME"
will do the work.
Regards,
Shiqing
----- ÔÊŒÓÊŒþ -----
ÒÑ·¢ËÍÓÊŒþ: Wed, 11 May 2011 15:21:26 +0200 (CEST)
Ö÷Ìâ: Re: [OMPI users] Sorry! You were supposed to get help about: But
couldn't open help-orterun.txt

Post by hi
Clarification: I installed pre-built OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64 on Windows 7
and copied this directory into Windows Server 2008.

Did you copy OMPI to the same directory tree that you built it?
OMPI hard-codes some directory names when it builds, and it expects to
find that directory structure when it runs. If you build OMPI with a
--prefix of /foo, but then move it to /bar, various things may not work
(like finding help messages, etc.) unless you set the OMPI/OPAL
environment variables that tell OMPI where the files are actually
located.
--
Jeff Squyres
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/
_______________________________________________
users mailing list
http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users

Ralph Castain

2011-05-18 16:16:58 UTC

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I'm no Windozer, and our developer in that area is away for awhile. However, looking over the code, I can see where this might be failing.

The Win allocator appears to be trying to connect to some cluster server - failing that, it aborts.

If you just want to launch local, I would suggest adding "-mca ras ^ccp" to your mpirun cmd line. This will allow the system to pickup the local host and use it.

BTW: your orte_headnode_name value is supposed to be whatever is returned by the "hostname" command on your head node (probably the node where you are executing mpirun), not the literal "HEADNODE_NAME" string. You might try it with that correction as well.

Post by hi
Any comment / suggestion on how to resolve this?
Thank you.
-Hiral

Hi,
The error message means that Open MPI couldn't allocate any compute node.
It might because the headnode wasn't discovered. You could try with option
"-mca orte_headnode_name HEADNODE_NAME" in the mpirun command line (mpirun
--help will show how to use it) .
And Jeff is also right, special care should be taken for the executable
paths, and it's better to use UNC path.
To clarify the path issue, if you just copy the OMPI dir to another
computer, there might also be another problem that OMPI couldn't load the
registry entries, as the registry entries were set during the installation
phase on the specific computer. In 1.5.3, a overall env "OPENMPI_HOME"
will do the work.
Regards,
Shiqing
----- ÔÊŒÓÊŒþ -----
ÒÑ·¢ËÍÓÊŒþ: Wed, 11 May 2011 15:21:26 +0200 (CEST)
Ö÷Ìâ: Re: [OMPI users] Sorry! You were supposed to get help about: But
couldn't open help-orterun.txt

Post by hi
Clarification: I installed pre-built OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64 on Windows 7
and copied this directory into Windows Server 2008.

Did you copy OMPI to the same directory tree that you built it?
OMPI hard-codes some directory names when it builds, and it expects to
find that directory structure when it runs. If you build OMPI with a
--prefix of /foo, but then move it to /bar, various things may not work
(like finding help messages, etc.) unless you set the OMPI/OPAL
environment variables that tell OMPI where the files are actually
located.
--
Jeff Squyres
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/
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2011-05-19 07:55:09 UTC

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Hi Ralph,

I tried following...
1) C:\test> mpirun -mca orte_headnode_name <hostname> <executable_name>
where <hostname> is returned by 'hostname' command.
2) C:\test> mpirun -mca ras ^ccp <executable_name>

but still observing same errors...

BTW: for further inforamtion on ompi_info you can see thread
http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2011/05/16554.php

Thank you.
-Hiral

Post by Ralph Castain
I'm no Windozer, and our developer in that area is away for awhile. However,
looking over the code, I can see where this might be failing.
The Win allocator appears to be trying to connect to some cluster server -
failing that, it aborts.
If you just want to launch local, I would suggest adding "-mca ras ^ccp" to
your mpirun cmd line. This will allow the system to pickup the local host
and use it.
BTW: your orte_headnode_name value is supposed to be whatever is returned by
the "hostname" command on your head node (probably the node where you are
executing mpirun), not the literal "HEADNODE_NAME" string. You might try it
with that correction as well.

Post by hi
Any comment / suggestion on how to resolve this?
Thank you.
-Hiral

Hi,
The error message means that Open MPI couldn't allocate any compute node.
It might because the headnode wasn't discovered. You could try with option
"-mca orte_headnode_name HEADNODE_NAME" in the mpirun command line (mpirun
--help will show how to use it) .
And Jeff is also right, special care should be taken for the executable
paths, and it's better to use UNC path.
To clarify the path issue, if you just copy the OMPI dir to another
computer, there might also be another problem that OMPI couldn't load the
registry entries, as the registry entries were set during the installation
phase on the specific computer. In 1.5.3, a overall env "OPENMPI_HOME"
will do the work.
Regards,
Shiqing
----- ÔÊŒÓÊŒþ -----
ÒÑ·¢ËÍÓÊŒþ: Wed, 11 May 2011 15:21:26 +0200 (CEST)
Ö÷Ìâ: Re: [OMPI users] Sorry! You were supposed to get help about: But
couldn't open help-orterun.txt

Post by hi
Clarification: I installed pre-built OpenMPI_v1.5.3-x64 on Windows 7
and copied this directory into Windows Server 2008.

Did you copy OMPI to the same directory tree that you built it?
OMPI hard-codes some directory names when it builds, and it expects to
find that directory structure when it runs. If you build OMPI with a
--prefix of /foo, but then move it to /bar, various things may not work
(like finding help messages, etc.) unless you set the OMPI/OPAL
environment variables that tell OMPI where the files are actually
located.
--
Jeff Squyres
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/
_______________________________________________
users mailing list
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2011-05-30 12:14:53 UTC

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Can you please suggest fix or some workaround?

Thank you.
-Hiral