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HowTo: set up PVM
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1)       find out where the PVM installation is, e.g.:

 

sol64 /home/flex/session_9_scripting> which pvm (results for example in: )

/usr/local/lib/pvm3/64/lib/pvm

 

the (underlined) part before lib will usually be the $PVM_ROOT setting

 

2)       edit your .cshrc to reflect proper PVM settings

This is what a .cshrc (for tcsh and csh) may look like:

 

setenv PVM_ROOT /usr/local/lib/pvm3/64/

setenv PVM_EXPORT DISPLAY

setenv PVM_RSH /usr/bin/ssh

setenv XPVM_ROOT /usr/X11R6/lib/xpvm

setenv PVM_DPATH ${PVM_ROOT}/lib/pvmd

setenv PVM_ARCH `$PVM_ROOT/lib/pvmgetarch`

# mind the reverse `s ---^

set path= ( $path \

$PVM_ROOT/lib \

$PVM_ROOT/lib/$PVM_ARCH )

setenv PVM_VMID my_first_pvm_job

 

3)       start pvm

 

There are two new variables/flags in Version 1.20 and Release2

 

·         The variable
PVM_VMID
makes it possible to use multiple parallel PVM jobs for 1 user!

 

·         The config.dat flag
USE_PVM_FEATURE
makes it possible to run a serial job and parallel jobs at the same time.

 

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