Should I stop the run? Need urgent help.

October 18, 2005, 03:24

Hi all....

I've one transient run on the SGI but it seems to freeze & not progressing anymore (top command shows 0.01% CPU usage). I checked the dir folder & out file. It stopped at writting the transient file 330.trn and I get a 330.trn.lck in the folder. It has been there for hours now.

How could I restart the run without losing my previous results? I only left about 5% in this case.

Thanks for help.

October 18, 2005, 03:37

Hi .... forget to mention....I'm running parallel solver at local nodes for this problem.

October 18, 2005, 19:26

Hi,

Unless you have successfully saved a full result file you will not be able to restart. There is not enough information in a partial result file to do a restart.

Glenn Horrocks

October 20, 2005, 03:08

Thanks, Glenn.

I've tried cfx5stop or use solver manager to stop the run & save the results....However, the solver doesn't response anymore.... Anyone has sucessfully rescue such problem before?

October 20, 2005, 19:50

Hi,

Unfortunately you can only do a proper stop (that is writing a results file suitable for a restart) at the end of a timestep. If you cannot wait until the end of a timestep then there is no way of doing it, sorry.

Glenn Horrocks

October 18, 2005, 03:24	Should I stop the run? Need urgent help.	#1
Sam Guest Posts: n/a	Hi all.... I've one transient run on the SGI but it seems to freeze & not progressing anymore (top command shows 0.01% CPU usage). I checked the dir folder & out file. It stopped at writting the transient file 330.trn and I get a 330.trn.lck in the folder. It has been there for hours now. How could I restart the run without losing my previous results? I only left about 5% in this case. Thanks for help.

October 18, 2005, 03:37	Re: Should I stop the run? It's a parallel solver.	#2
Sam Guest Posts: n/a	Hi .... forget to mention....I'm running parallel solver at local nodes for this problem.

October 18, 2005, 19:26	Re: Should I stop the run? It's a parallel solver.	#3
Glenn Horrocks Guest Posts: n/a	Hi, Unless you have successfully saved a full result file you will not be able to restart. There is not enough information in a partial result file to do a restart. Glenn Horrocks

October 20, 2005, 03:08	Re: Should I stop the run? It's a parallel solver.	#4
Sam Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks, Glenn. I've tried cfx5stop or use solver manager to stop the run & save the results....However, the solver doesn't response anymore.... Anyone has sucessfully rescue such problem before?

October 20, 2005, 19:50	Re: Should I stop the run? It's a parallel solver.	#5
Glenn Horrocks Guest Posts: n/a	Hi, Unfortunately you can only do a proper stop (that is writing a results file suitable for a restart) at the end of a timestep. If you cannot wait until the end of a timestep then there is no way of doing it, sorry. Glenn Horrocks

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