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Subject: Re: Creating and Running Jobs with a Local Scheduler
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:46:01 +0000 (UTC)
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"Mr. CFD" <s2108860@student.rmit.edu.au> wrote in message <gcmk0j$56o$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Edric M Ellis <eellis@mathworks.com> wrote in message <ytwd4i9hlyy.fsf@uk-eellis-deb4-64.mathworks.co.uk>...
> > "Mr. CFD" <s2108860@student.rmit.edu.au> writes:
> > 
> > > I am in the process of setting up my machine to eventually submit jobs to a
> > > cluster through MATLABs Parallel Computing toolbox.
> > > 
> > > At the first stage, just to familiarize myself to the process, I have
> > > attempted to run a job on my local machine through the local scheduler.
> > > 
> > > A tutorial is set-up to produce five tasks, where each job generates a 3-by-3 matrix of random numbers.
> > > ==========================================================
> > > sched = findResource('scheduler','type','local');
> > > obj = createJob();
> > 
> > the above line creates a job called "obj" on whatever happens to be your default
> > scheduler - you should force it to use the scheduler "sched" by doing
> > 
> > obj = createJob( sched );
> > 
> > Other than that, your code looks fine.
> > 
> > > Unfortunately, the simulation continues to display a 'failed' state run, when
> > > checking the status though: get(obj,'Tasks')
> > 
> > If you still get the problems, one way of getting more information is to check
> > the "debug log" for a task, like so:
> > 
> > sched.getDebugLog( obj.Tasks(1) )
> > 
> > Posting that output here may help - preferably after executing
> > 
> > setenv( 'MDCE_DEBUG', 'true' );
> > 
> > to give more debug information.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Edric.
> 
> Thanks Edric. 
> Here is the error that I am getting from 
> sched.getDebugLog( obj.Tasks(1) )
> ===========================================================
> LOG FILE OUTPUT:
> License checkout failed.
> License Manager Error -9
> This error may occur when: 
> -The hostid of this computer does not match the hostid in the license file. 
> -A Designated Computer installation is in use by another user. 
> If no other user is currently running MATLAB, you may need to activate.
> ==========================================================
> The first point may apply here, so I am currently working my way through this. Hope to have this resolved shortly.
> Thanks again.


Just checked. The hostid of my computer does indeed match the hostid in the license file!