[Users] problem with first example simulation with ETK

Wed Jan 11 07:44:35 CST 2012

Try loni_cactus07, increasing the "06" by one.

-erik

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 1:57 AM, Jose Fiestas Iquira <jafiestas at lbl.gov> wrote:
> Hi Erik,
>
> I checked the log.txt file. The assigned allocation was loni_cactus06.
> I changed it to loni_cactus01 but I don't really know what options I
> have. How can I check to which I have access?
>
> The results are so far the same. Run seems not to start.
>
> Thanks,
> Jose
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Erik Schnetter <schnetter at cct.lsu.edu> wrote:
>> Jose
>>
>> If the job is "finished", then the .asc files should be there.
>>
>> No, the job id should not be -1. Once a year, the name of the
>> allocation changes; this happened about a week ago. (Usually the
>> allocation contains a number which is increased by one.) Maybe you are
>> submitting using the old, now dysfunctional allocation? Can you check
>> to which allocations you have access? You can specify a non-default
>> allocation using the --allocation=... option when submitting.
>>
>> -eri
>>
>> PS: I notice that you did not reply to the mailing list. The more
>> people know details about your problem, the faster it will be solved
>> -- and others may also benefit from reading the solution. Would you
>> mind replying to the mailing list again?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Jose Fiestas Iquira <jafiestas at lbl.gov> wrote:
>>> Hi Erik,
>>> I renamed the static_tov directory and submited again the example. The
>>> response was different:
>>>
>>> [ettest24 at qb4 Cactus]$ ./simfactory/bin/sim submit static_tov
>>> --parfile=par/static_tov.par --procs=32 -walltime=8:0:0]
>>>
>>> Parameter file: /home/ettest24/Cactus/par/static_tov.par
>>> Skeleton Created
>>> Job directory: "/scratch/ettest24/simulations/static_tov"
>>> No testsuite option found
>>> Executable: "/home/ettest24/Cactus/exe/cactus_sim"
>>> Option list: "/scratch/ettest24/simulations/static_tov/SIMFACTORY/cfg/OptionList"
>>> Submit script: "/scratch/ettest24/simulations/static_tov/SIMFACTORY/run/SubmitScript"
>>> Run script: "/scratch/ettest24/simulations/static_tov/SIMFACTORY/run/RunScript"
>>> Parameter file:
>>> "/scratch/ettest24/simulations/static_tov/SIMFACTORY/par/static_tov.par"
>>> Assigned restart id: 0
>>> Executing submit command: qsub
>>> /scratch/ettest24/simulations/static_tov/output-0000/SIMFACTORY/SubmitScript
>>>
>>> And ...
>>>
>>> [ettest24 at qb4 Cactus]$ ./simfactory/bin/sim list-simulations
>>>   static_tov              [ACTIVE (FINISHED), restart 0000, job id -1]
>>>
>>> The created directories
>>>
>>> /scratch/ettest24/simulations/static_tov/output-0000
>>> /scratch/ettest24/simulations/static_tov/output-0000-active
>>>
>>> are, so far, similar as before. The job id -1 disturbs me. Is it OK?
>>> Still can not find any .acs files. Should it take long?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jose
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Erik Schnetter <schnetter at cct.lsu.edu> wrote:
>>>> Jose
>>>>
>>>> If you made an error submitting the simulation when you submitted the
>>>> first time, then simfactory will remember some of these choices, and
>>>> will ignore some of your command line arguments. You will either have
>>>> to delete the simulation, or create a completely new simulation by
>>>> choosing a different name.
>>>>
>>>> Can you replace the simulation name "static_tov" by something else? It
>>>> does not have to be related to the parameter file name. This will
>>>> create a new simulation.
>>>>
>>>> -erik
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Jose Fiestas Iquira <jafiestas at lbl.gov> wrote:
>>>>> Dear ETK users,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to run the ETK example as in
>>>>> https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Tutorial_for_New_Users
>>>>>
>>>>> Since /scratch/ettest24/simulations could not be find I created it.
>>>>> Now, after submission of the script with:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ ./simfactory/bin/sim submit static_tov --parfile=par/static_tov.par
>>>>> --procs=32 --walltime=8:0:0
>>>>>
>>>>> it gives me, for example:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ Assigned restart id: 3
>>>>>   Executing submit command: qsub
>>>>> /scratch/ettest24/simulations/static_tov/output
>>>>> 0003/SIMFACTORY/SubmitScript
>>>>>
>>>>> (I submitted it for the 3. time)
>>>>>
>>>>> $ ./simfactory/bin/sim list-simulations
>>>>> gives me:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ static_tov              [ACTIVE (FINISHED), restart 0003, job id -1]
>>>>>
>>>>> But I can not visualize the data, if present. Because:
>>>>>  ~/scratch/simulations/static_tov/output-0000/static_tov (as in the
>>>>> tutorial) does not exist.
>>>>>
>>>>> But it exists in my user directory:
>>>>>
>>>>> /scratch/ettest24/simulations/static_tov
>>>>>
>>>>> only any .asc file exists. So, I can not visualize the example (if run ...)
>>>>>
>>>>> Few questions about the tutorial:
>>>>> - Do I need a create a script for the example? Or is created automatically?
>>>>> - How long should it take the example? Is it possible it is still running?
>>>>> - Is ssh -Y qb.loni.org a typo? should be -X
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you and regards,
>>>>> Jose
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Jose Fiestas Iquira <jafiestas at lbl.gov> wrote:
>>>>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am a new ETK user and am running my first example simulation as described here
>>>>>> https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Tutorial_for_New_Users
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I could not finish the example after:
>>>>>> ./simfactory/bin/sim submit static_tov --parfile=par/static_tov.par
>>>>>> --procs=32 --walltime=8:0:0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> with the following error message:
>>>>>> Parameter file: /home/ettest24/Cactus/par/static_tov.par
>>>>>> Error: could not access simulation base directory
>>>>>> /scratch/ettest24/simulations for reading and writing
>>>>>> Aborting Simfactory.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Probably my LONI account is not completely set, or need to copy some
>>>>>> data in /scratch/ettest24/simulations/ which does not exist?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would appreciate any help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>> Jose
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Erik Schnetter <schnetter at cct.lsu.edu>   http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~eschnett/
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Erik Schnetter <schnetter at cct.lsu.edu>   http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~eschnett/

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