Re: [Condor-users] I'm trying to run a program with Condor.

[Matthew Farrellee <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/23/2010 03:11 AM, Genie Jhang wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I'm trying to run a program called Root using Condor.
> 
> First, I'll explain the configuration of our machines.
> 
> We have 13 machines and one of them is central manager.
> 
> All data needed is shared by NFS so that all machines have the same
> /home and /data folders.
> 
> NIS is also set and Condor is installed individually.
> 
> Based on the tutorial
> -------------------------------------
> 
>   ########################
>   # Submit description file for mathematica
>   ########################
>   executable     = mathematica
>   universe       = vanilla 
>   input          = test.data                
>   output         = test.out                
>   error          = test.error             
>   log            = test.log                                                    
>                                   
>   queue
> 
> -------------------------------------
> 
> I tried this
> -------------------------------------
>    executable     = root
>    universe       = vanilla
>    output           = test.out
>    error              = test.err
>    log                 = test.log
>    
>    queue
> -------------------------------------
> 
> Then Condor gives me this error message.
> -------------------------------------
> Submitting job(s)
> ERROR: Executable file root does not exist
> -------------------------------------
> though I can type "root" to run it anywhere on the shell.
> 
> Is there any way to fix this? 
> 
> Anyway, I used the executable as absolute path
> -------------------------------------
>    executable = /data/root_v5.26/bin/root
> -------------------------------------
> then it runs!!
> 
> but the problem is that it only runs on the central machine not on the
> executors
> 
> How can I solve these problems?
> 
> Thanks for reading.
> I'm looking forward to your reply.
> 

Make sure you have your FILESYSTEM_DOMAIN setup properly so Condor knows that you have a shared filesystem across all your nodes.

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.5/3_3Configuration.html#15609

Best,


matt