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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am having problem with reserved nodes not being
used.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>/home/hep/lrz/mpich2-install/bin/mpiexec
-machinefile shortlist -n 16 ./DLPOLY.Y</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and when I used</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>qstat -u ** -n</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the result is lrz</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>fe03.htc.esc.qmul:<BR>
Req'd Req'd Elap<BR>Job
ID Username
Queue Jobname SessID NDS TSK Memory
Time S Time<BR>--------------- -------- -------- ---------- ------ --- ---
------ ----- - -----<BR>381114.fe03.htc lrz
verylong fixed-carb -- 16 -- 8000mb 3200: R
00:00<BR>
cn123/3+cn123/2+cn123/1+cn123/0+cn016/1+cn016/0+cn015/1+cn015/0+cn014/1<BR>
+cn014/0+cn013/1+cn013/0+cn012/1+cn012/0+cn011/1+cn011/0<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but when I ssh to the nodes, and used</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>top</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>I found that some of the nodes are not being
used. Does anybody have the same problem before? Am using MPICH2, could it be
caused by MPICH?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Thanks a lot in advance!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Regards,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Ruzhen</FONT><FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT>
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