Continue OpenFoam parallel run with different number of processors

orbitaljet · August 15, 2021, 06:33

Hi all. I am running a large case on a cluster. I have a job completed on 16 cores up to a timestep of 10000s. I have reconstructed the data using reconstructPar and deleted all the processor directories (processor0, processor1...).

How do I continue the job to a timestep of 20000s using 32 cores instead?

This is my script:

Code:

decomposePar -force
mpirun -np 16 renumberMesh -overwrite -parallel
mpirun -np 16 overPimpleDyMFoam -parallel | tee log.solver

I have edited the controlDict to start from the latestTime and the decomposeParDict has been changed for 32 processors now. After the decomposePar command, do I need to renumber the mesh again with 32 cores before running the solver itself?

Tobermory · August 16, 2021, 03:53

From a quick look at the source code (https://github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM...renumberMesh.C), I don't see any reference to the number of processors in the run in the coding, so I don't think that the way you have decomposed the problem matters. Instead, the utility is used to make the LDU matrix addressing more efficient - see eg this post.

orbitaljet · August 16, 2021, 23:18

Great, just needed some confirmation before submitting the job. Thank you!

August 15, 2021, 06:33	Continue OpenFoam parallel run with different number of processors	#1
orbitaljet New Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 4	Hi all. I am running a large case on a cluster. I have a job completed on 16 cores up to a timestep of 10000s. I have reconstructed the data using reconstructPar and deleted all the processor directories (processor0, processor1...). How do I continue the job to a timestep of 20000s using 32 cores instead? This is my script: Code: decomposePar -force mpirun -np 16 renumberMesh -overwrite -parallel mpirun -np 16 overPimpleDyMFoam -parallel \| tee log.solver I have edited the controlDict to start from the latestTime and the decomposeParDict has been changed for 32 processors now. After the decomposePar command, do I need to renumber the mesh again with 32 cores before running the solver itself?

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August 16, 2021, 03:53		#2
Tobermory Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: UK Posts: 668 Rep Power: 14	From a quick look at the source code (https://github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM...renumberMesh.C), I don't see any reference to the number of processors in the run in the coding, so I don't think that the way you have decomposed the problem matters. Instead, the utility is used to make the LDU matrix addressing more efficient - see eg this post.

August 16, 2021, 23:18		#3
orbitaljet New Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 4	Great, just needed some confirmation before submitting the job. Thank you!