Error with 8cpu
 

Hello,

i have a problem in OpenFOAM running in parallel.
I have post processed a case and doing a run with 4 cpu´s and everything is working fine.
When I do a change in the decomposeParDict from 4 to 8 cpus i got the attached error message:

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 2.3.0 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: www.OpenFOAM.org |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Build : 2.3.0-f5222ca19ce6
Exec : chtMultiRegionFoam -parallel
Date : Jul 09 2014
Time : 11:12:10
Host : "chshws20050t"
PID : 9244
Case : /home/dettling_m/OpenFOAM/dettling_m-2.3.0/run/SIM01_1m-s_to_10m-s/StepPlate_St1-0_2m-s_150s_8cpu
nProcs : 8
Slaves :
7
(
"chshws20050t.9245"
"chshws20050t.9246"
"chshws20050t.9247"
"chshws20050t.9248"
"chshws20050t.9249"
"chshws20050t.9250"
"chshws20050t.9251"
)
Pstream initialized with:
floatTransfer : 0
nProcsSimpleSum : 0
commsType : nonBlocking
polling iterations : 0
sigFpe : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE).
fileModificationChecking : Monitoring run-time modified files using timeStampMaster
allowSystemOperations : Disallowing user-supplied system call operations
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
Create time
Create fluid mesh for region bottomWater for time = 0
[5]
[5]
[5] --> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
[5] Cannot find file "points" in directory "bottomWater/polyMesh" in times 0 down to constant
[5]
[5] From function Time::findInstance(const fileName&, const word&, const IOobject::readOption, const word&)
[5] in file db/Time/findInstance.C at line 203.
[5]
FOAM parallel run exiting
...

what am I doing wrong?
In the following, my decomposeParDict file:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 2.3.0 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: www.OpenFOAM.org |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class dictionary;
note "mesh decomposition control dictionary";
location "system";
object decomposeParDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
numberOfSubdomains 8;
//- Keep owner and neighbour on same processor for faces in zones:
// preserveFaceZones (heater solid1 solid3);
// method scotch;
method hierarchical;
// method simple;
// method manual;
simpleCoeffs
{
n (2 2 1);
delta 0.001;
}
hierarchicalCoeffs
{
n (2 2 2);
delta 0.001;
order xyz;
}

manualCoeffs
{
dataFile "decompositionData";
}


Thank you very much for your help!

Did you again decompose your case? How many processor-directories do you got?

I see this error a lot of times in my multiregion stuff.
I get this if I havent modded the numberOfSubdomains to agree in decomposeParDict in ALL regions as well as at the top.

I get only 4 directories for the processors

processor 0
...
processor 3

What is the problem?
I set the decomposeParDict to 8 cpus
and I am doing the MPI with 8

I set the number of subdomains to 8 see the file

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
numberOfSubdomains 8;

method hierarchical;

hierarchicalCoeffs
{
n (2 2 2);
delta 0.001;
order xyz;
}

manualCoeffs
{
dataFile "decompositionData";
}

I have absolute no idea what the error is because when I am doing the some thing only with 4 CPU it works fine

try setting it (2 4 1) or (8 1 1) on the simpleCoeffs.
With your original (2 2 1) you are only splitting it into four pieces.

I tried the configuration with (8 1 1), with (2 4 1) and got the error again.
I tried to do it with 2 CPU (2 1 1) and i got an error as well. When i had a look into the folder, i see 4 folders for processors (processor 0, ..., processor 3)

I do not understand whats going on. Why is it working with 4 CPU and not with 2 or 6 or 8?

Can you post the output of 'decomposePar' in case of (8 1 1) or (4 2 1)?

I have solved the problem.
I am running a case with multi region and in the region folder there is another file for decomposing. Here was always the entry 4 for CPUs. I have changed this for each region from 4 to 8 and now it is running correctly.

Thanks a lot for your help!