You will have to create a nodeinfo file, which gives the number of
processors per node,
see: http://www.scm.com/Doc/Doc2004.01/Installation/page24.html

Then you'll have to add the box only once (localhost is not needed
anymore),
and ADF will startup two processes.

On Mar 2, 2005, at 2:40 PM, Gustavo Mercier wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I run adf in a dual Xeon Linux box smp.
>
> I am trying to use pvm to run parallel jobs. I can
> start the pvm daemon and add my box (gusxeon4), even
> twice if I use also localhost. I quit the pvm console
> and then run my adf job, similar to the examples with
> -n4. The job runs fine.
>
> However, in the output I see that when adf echoes the
> input it states that it wants 4 processors. But in the
> output section labeled "P A R A L L E L" only one
> processor is listed. The jobs are small example runs.
> When I query the jobs under the pvm console it looks
> like pvm has not picked up the job.
>
> The environment variables (under bash) are set
>
> NSCM=4
> ADFHOME=/usr/local/adfhome
> ADFBIN=/usr/local/adfhome/bin
> SCMLICENSE=/usr/local/adfhome/license
> SCM_USETMPDIR=yes
> SCM_TMPDIR=/home/gamercier/temp
>
> PVM_ROOT=/usr/lib/pvm3
> PVM_PATH=/home/gamercier/bin:/usr/lib/pvm3/bin/LINUX
> PVM_ARCH=LINUX
> PVM_RSH=/usr/bin/ssh
> PVM_TMP=/home/gamercier/temp
>
> shmmax is set to 128MB. The machine has 2G of RAM.
>
> I see that there is an option for to spawn a pvm
> script, but I am not clear how to implement this
> feature. As of now, I manually start and halt pvm
> before submitting the adf job from the bash shell.
>
> Any suggestions as to what is going wrong?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
> =====
> --
> Gustavo A. Mercier, Jr. MD,PhD
> Baylor University Medical Center
> Radiology
> American Radiology Associates
> 712 N. Washington, Suite 101
> Dallas, TX 75246
> 214-826-8822
> 214-826-9792 fax
> gamercier_at_yahoo.com
>
>
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dr. Marcel Swart

Theoretische Chemie
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Faculteit der Exacte Wetenschappen

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The Netherlands

Tel +31-(0)20-5987619
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Received on 2005-03-02 16:38:41