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Edric M Ellis <eellis@mathworks.com> wrote in message <ytwprm9q65w.fsf@uk-eellis-deb4-64.mathworks.co.uk>...
> "Mr. CFD" <s2108860@student.rmit.edu.au> writes:
> 
> > "Mr. CFD" <s2108860@student.rmit.edu.au> wrote in message <gcmk0j$56o$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > > 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!
> 
> Hi,
> 
> That certainly seems to have narrowed things down.  Could I suggest you contact
> our installation support people - they know way more than I do about this sort
> of licencing thing.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Edric.

Hi Edric,
I sent of an email to mathworks in regards to this. In the meantime, I decided to upgrade to 2008b, since it was reported that the parallel computing toolbox was updated. Tried the same exercise again on the newer version and happy to report, it ran smoothly! Still don't really know why it was an issue in the previous older version, but the newer copy seemed to have resolved this issue.

Have now uploaded the name task onto a cluster, to see how it goes on that. It seems that the job is set on default walltime, which in this case is 3 months! Thus, you can imagine my job will be on queue for sometime! According to the notes provided by the computing facility, there is no functionality within the PCT to allow ffor the selection of a walltime. Sounds strange! Is that really the case?  
Thanks