Subject: Re: [MTT users] Invalid mpi install id while reporting MTT
From: Abhishek Joshi (abhishek.joshi_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-06-21 16:00:42
Hi Jeff,
As of the latest master, I am getting this with e
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 1:06 AM, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) <jsquyres_at_[hidden]
> wrote:
> Abhishek --
>
> Could you send the full output from your mtt client run with the --verbose
> flag enabled?
>
> If you'd prefer not to send it to the public list, send it directly to me
> and Josh Hursey (IBM).
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> > On Jun 21, 2016, at 6:48 AM, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) <jsquyres_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings Abhishek.
> >
> > You sent me your INI file in another email thread.
> >
> > In general, you need to run all the 5 phases. During the MPI install,
> for example, even if you have an "already installed" MPI (i.e., using the
> MPI Get module "AlreadyInstalled"), you still have to run that phase so
> that a) the appropriate data structures are created in MTT, and b) the MTT
> client registers the result of that "install" with the server (and gets an
> ID back from the server).
> >
> > Specifically: even though the MPI install step may effectively be a
> no-op (because you're using an MPI that is already installed), MTT still
> needs to report back the "success" of the MPI install step to the server so
> that it can get an MPI Install ID back from the server to use with
> subsequent phases. That's essentially what the AlreadyInstalled module
> does.
> >
> > That being said, I have a few suggestions about the .ini file you sent
> me:
> >
> > - I see you're using the OMPI_Snapshot MPI Get module. That's fine (and
> that's what we all do for nightly testing). But I thought you said you
> were using your own sources...? That's why I mentioned the
> AlreadyInstalled module, above.
> >
> > - ...ah, perhaps you meant that you were using your own sources via the
> http://localhost/... URL you provided via the ompi_snapshot_url? I'm
> assuming that this is just for testing purposes, and you'll replace it with
> the real nightly URL, later.
> >
> > - Note that in the MPI install section, the templated supplies "-j 32"
> as "make" arguments. This does a 32-way parallel build. This is probably
> only recommended for 16-core machines (or more). My point: adjust that -j
> value to suit your local machine.
> >
> > - Do you only care about testing the TCP BTL? The MPI Details section
> contains the "mca" value, which is currently only set to test the TCP
> transport for MPI.
> >
> > - I see you encoded the github password for the ompi-tests repo in your
> .ini file. This is fine, but as you probably figured out, but the drawback
> is that you can't email your .ini file to a public list (e.g., this one)
> for discussion. If you care, as an alternative, I *think* you can stash
> this git username/password on your local filesystem, instead.
> >
> > - Similar to the above, I see your MTT database password in your .ini
> file. FWIW, I keep my Cisco MTT database password in a separate file on
> the filesystem, and access it in my .ini file like this:
> >
> > mttdatabase_password =
> &stringify(&cat("/home/mpiteam/mtt-db-password.txt"))
> >
> > This allows me to save my MTT .ini file in git / share it with others,
> and not compromise my password.
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Jun 20, 2016, at 2:28 PM, Abhishek Joshi <
> abhishek.joshi_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >>
> >> While trying to submit results for MTT , I get the following error:
> >>
> >> Invalid mpi_install_id () given. (Not provided).
> >>
> >> I am using the following cmd:
> >> ./client/mtt --trial --file ./ompi-core-template.ini_sample
> --print-time
> >>
> >> Also, I am using a custom build, i.e MPI sources are my own.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Abhishek
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> >
> > --
> > Jeff Squyres
> > jsquyres_at_[hidden]
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> >
>
>
> --
> Jeff Squyres
> jsquyres_at_[hidden]
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-- Abhishek