[gmx-users] multi problem

[Andrei Neamtu]

Dear gmx users,

I have problems in running a simulation on several nodes using the  
-multi option:

I make the .tpr files for different temperatures (I want to use the REMD code)


grompp -f param0.mdp -po param0.out.mdp -c conf.gro -p topol.top -o sim0.tpr
grompp -f param1.mdp -po param1.out.mdp -c conf.gro -p topol.top -o sim1.tpr
grompp -f param2.mdp -po param2.out.mdp -c conf.gro -p topol.top -o sim2.tpr
.
.
.
grompp -f paramN.mdp -po paramN.out.mdp -c conf.gro -p topol.top -o simN.tpr

where N is the number of nodes in my cluster (P4 with gigabit ethernet)

After the collection of input .tpr files are generated I start the  
simulations with:

mpirun -np N mdrun_mpi -np N -multi -replex 2000 -s sim.tpr -o sim.trr .......

but the program stops saying that it cannot find the sim1.tpr, sim2.tpr ....
It do *FINDS* the sim0.tpr for the node where I start the simulation  
but for the rest of nodes it doesn't.

I tried to put the simulation on a multi core machine (2 cores) and it  
works fine for N=2. But when I link 2 multicore machines the program  
stops with the same message except that the first .tpr file not found  
is the one corresponding to the second machine.

I saw on the list that there were similar problems in the past but I  
didn't find any solution to them. I tried to soft link the mdrun_mpi  
executable in the working directory but the problem persists.

Any help to solve this problem?


Thanks a lot,
Andrei