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Changeset 973


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Timestamp:
Aug 7, 2012 4:03:47 PM (12 years ago)
Author:
maronga
Message:

tutorial updates

Location:
palm/trunk/TUTORIAL/SOURCE
Files:
95 added
9 edited

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  • palm/trunk/TUTORIAL/SOURCE/debugging.tex

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    11% $Id$
    22\input{header_tmp.tex}
    3 %\input{../header_lectures.tex}
     3%\input{../header_LECTURE.tex}
    44
    55\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
    … …  
    117117      \item<4->{The default {\tt .mrun.config.imuk\_hlrn} file contains an additional block with debug options. It can bei used with mrun-call
    118118            \par\medskip
    119             {\tt mrun ... -h lcsgih -K parallel trace ...}}
     119            {\tt mrun ... -h lcsgih -K \dq parallel trace\dq ...}}
    120120   \end{itemize}
    121121\end{frame}
    … …  
    177177            \textbf{advec\_s\_bc.f90}\\
    178178            ...};
    179       \node[green3](depository_parallel) [below=0.5cm of trunk] [xshift = 2cm] {MAKE\_Depository\_parallel/};}
    180       \uncover<3->{
    181       \node[green4](depository_parallel_trace) [below=0.5cm of depository_parallel] [xshift = 0.25cm] {MAKE\_Depository\_parallel\_trace/};}
     179      \node[green3](depository_parallel) [below=0.5cm of trunk] [xshift = 2cm] {MAKE\_DEPOSITORY\_parallel/};}
     180      \uncover<3->{
     181      \node[green4](depository_parallel_trace) [below=0.5cm of depository_parallel] [xshift = 0.25cm] {MAKE\_DEPOSITORY\_parallel\_trace/};}
    182182     
    183183      \uncover<2->{
    … …  
    192192      \path[arrow, thick] (7.3,-1.01) -- (depository_parallel.east);}
    193193      \uncover<3->{
    194       \path[line, thick] (7.5,-0.3) -- (7.5,-2.02);
    195       \path[arrow, thick] (7.5,-2.02) -- (depository_parallel_trace.east);}
     194      \path[line, thick] (7.7,-0.3) -- (7.7,-2.02);
     195      \path[arrow, thick] (7.7,-2.02) -- (depository_parallel_trace.east);}
    196196   \end{tikzpicture}
    197197   \end{center}
    … …  
    202202   \begin{tabbing}
    203203      \qquad \={\tt mrun ... -K parallel ...} will use the optimized version \\
    204              \> {\tt mrun ... -K "'parallel trace"' ...} will use the debug version
     204             \> {\tt mrun ... -K \dq parallel trace\dq ...} will use the debug version
    205205   \end{tabbing}  }
    206206   \uncover<5->{\begin{center} \textbf{Enabling debug options slows down the execution speed significantly!} \end{center}}

  • palm/trunk/TUTORIAL/SOURCE/mrun_data_analysis.tex

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    6969      \item<3-> Mean vertical profiles
    7070      \begin{itemize}
     71         \footnotesize
    7172         \item[-]<3-> horizontally averaged, instantaneous or time-averaged
    7273      \end{itemize}
    … …  
    7475      \item<5-> Two-dimensional cross sections ($xy$, $xz$, $yz$)
    7576      \begin{itemize}
     77         \footnotesize
    7678         \item[-]<5-> instantaneous or time-averaged, + averaged along 3rd dimension
    7779      \end{itemize}
    7880      \item<6-> Complete three-dimensional data arrays
    7981      \begin{itemize}
     82         \footnotesize
    8083         \item[-]<6-> instantaneous or time-averaged
    8184      \end{itemize}
    … …  
    8588   \onslide<8-> First item is pure ASCII-data to give a short overview of the run. All other output is in netCDF format and can be graphically displayed.\\
    8689   \vspace{2mm}
    87    Additionally, power spectra can be output using the spectra-package (use \texttt{mrun}-option \texttt{“-p spectra“}).
     90   Additionally, power spectra can be output using the spectra-package (use \texttt{mrun}-option \grqq \texttt{-p spectra}\grqq).
    8891   
    8992\end{frame}
    … …  
    142145      \texttt{ferret -gui}};
    143146   
    144 
     147      \draw[-] (1.south west) -- (4.south east);   
     148      \draw[-] (13.south west) -- (43.south east);
     149      \draw[-] (1.north east) -- (15.south east);
    145150   \end{tikzpicture}
    146151\end{frame}
    … …  
    153158   \begin{enumerate}
    154159   
    155       \item<2-> Carefully think about, which variables you want to analyze
     160      \item<2-> \textbf{Carefully think about, which variables you want to analyze}
    156161      \begin{itemize}
    157162         \scriptsize
    158163              \item[]<2-> e.g. temperature, wind, etc., resolved- or subgrid-scale?, output interval?, should they be time averaged?
    159164      \end{itemize}
    160      
    161       \item<3-> Find and set the appropriate output parameters in the parameter file
     165      \vspace{1mm}
     166      \item<3-> \textbf{Find and set the appropriate output parameters in the parameter file}
    162167      \begin{itemize}
    163168         \scriptsize
    164               \item[]<3-> \texttt{data\_output\_pr = 'pt', 'u', 'w ''pt'' ',  dt\_dopr = 900.0,}
     169              \item[]<3-> \texttt{data\_output\_pr = 'pt', 'u', 'w \dq pt\dq\, ',  dt\_dopr = 900.0,}
    165170              \item[]<3-> \texttt{averaging\_interval\_pr = 600.0, dt\_averaging\_input\_pr = 10.0}
    166171      \end{itemize}   
    167      
    168       \item<4-> Check, if the necessary file connection statements exist in the .mrun.config file
     172      \vspace{1mm}
     173      \item<4-> \textbf{Check, if the necessary file connection statements exist in the .mrun.config file}\\
    169174      \begin{itemize}
    170175         \scriptsize
    171176              \item[]<4-> \texttt{DATA\_1D\_PR\_NETCDF   out:loc:tr  pr\#      \~{}/palm/current\_version/JOBS/\$fname/OUTPUT  \_pr  nc}
    172177      \end{itemize} 
    173      
    174       \item<5-> Don't forget to activate the file connection statements by setting the correct activation string(s) in \texttt{mrun}-option \texttt{-r}
     178      \vspace{1mm}
     179      \item<5-> \textbf{Don't forget to activate the file connection statements by setting the correct activation string(s) in \texttt{mrun}-option \texttt{-r}}\\
    175180      \begin{itemize}
    176181         \scriptsize
    177               \item[]<5-> \texttt{mrun ... -r ''... pr\# ...'' ...}
     182              \item[]<5-> \texttt{mrun ... -r \dq ... pr\# ...\dq\, ...}
    178183      \end{itemize}   
    179      
    180       \item<6-> After job completion, change to the OUTPUT-directory and call the appropriate graphics software
     184      \vspace{1mm}
     185      \item<6-> \textbf{After job completion, change to the OUTPUT-directory and call the appropriate graphics software}\\
    181186      \begin{itemize}
    182187         \scriptsize
    183               \item[]<6-> \texttt{ncview <filename>} or \texttt{palmplot pr <options>}
     188              \item[]<6-> \texttt{ncview <filename>} \quad \textbf{or} \quad \texttt{palmplot pr <options>}
    184189      \end{itemize} 
    185190   \end{enumerate}   

  • palm/trunk/TUTORIAL/SOURCE/mrun_steering_parameters.tex

    r945 r973  
    6767      \scriptsize
    6868     
    69       \item<2-> Domain size
     69      \item<2-> \textbf{Domain size}
    7070      \begin{itemize}
    7171         \scriptsize
    … …  
    7373      \end{itemize}
    7474     
    75       \item<4-> Grid spacing
    76       \begin{itemize}
    77          \scriptsize
    78          \item[-]<4-> Must be so fine that most of the turbulent transport is resolved (explicit transport $>>$ subgrid-scale transport)\\ $\rightarrow$ check profiles of resolved-scale and subgrid-scale fluxes
     75      \item<4-> \textbf{Grid spacing}
     76      \begin{itemize}
     77         \scriptsize
     78         \item[-]<4-> Must be so fine that most of the turbulent transport is resolved\\ (explicit transport $>>$ subgrid-scale transport)\\ $\rightarrow$ check profiles of resolved-scale and subgrid-scale fluxes
    7979         \item[-]<5-> Results should not depend on grid spacing $\rightarrow$ carry out sensitivity study
    8080      \end{itemize}
    8181     
    82       \item<6-> Simulation time
     82      \item<6-> \textbf{Simulation time}
    8383      \begin{itemize}
    8484         \scriptsize
    … …  
    8888      \end{itemize}
    8989     
    90       \item<9-> Data analysis
     90      \item<9-> \textbf{Data analysis}
    9191      \begin{itemize}
    9292         \scriptsize
    … …  
    106106      \footnotesize
    107107     
    108       \item<2-> Grid parameters (computational grid / processor grid)
     108      \item<2-> \textbf{Grid parameters (computational grid / processor grid)}
    109109      \begin{itemize}
    110110         \footnotesize
    … …  
    112112      \end{itemize}
    113113     
    114       \item<3-> Numerical parameters
     114      \item<3-> \textbf{Numerical parameters}
    115115      \begin{itemize}
    116116         \footnotesize
    … …  
    118118      \end{itemize}
    119119     
    120       \item<4-> Boundary condition parameters
     120      \item<4-> \textbf{Boundary condition parameters}
    121121      \begin{itemize}
    122122         \footnotesize
    … …  
    124124      \end{itemize}
    125125     
    126       \item<5-> Initialization parameters
     126      \item<5-> \textbf{Initialization parameters}
    127127      \begin{itemize}
    128128         \footnotesize
    … …  
    130130      \end{itemize}   
    131131     
    132       \item<6-> Output parameters
     132      \item<6-> \textbf{Output parameters}
    133133      \begin{itemize}
    134134         \footnotesize
    … …  
    136136      \end{itemize}         
    137137     
    138       \item<7-> Physical parameters
     138      \item<7-> \textbf{Physical parameters}
    139139      \begin{itemize}
    140140         \footnotesize
    … …  
    154154      \footnotesize
    155155     
    156       \item<2-> General initialization methods
     156      \item<2-> \textbf{General initialization methods}
    157157      \begin{itemize}
    158158         \footnotesize
    … …  
    160160      \end{itemize}
    161161     
    162       \item<3-> Initial run:
     162      \item<3-> \textbf{Initial run:}
    163163      \begin{itemize}
    164164         \footnotesize
    … …  
    170170         3d-data from a pre-run (possibly with smaller domain size than the initial run) are used
    171171         \item[-]<6-> \texttt{initializing\_actions = ‘by\_user’}\\
    172          user has to provide all initial settings
    173       \end{itemize}
    174      
    175       \item<7-> Restart run:
     172         user has to provide \textbf{all} initial settings
     173      \end{itemize}
     174     
     175      \item<7-> \textbf{Restart run:}
    176176      \begin{itemize}
    177177         \footnotesize
    … …  
    190190   \begin{itemize}
    191191      \footnotesize
    192       \item<1-> The following parameters have to be set for an initial atmosphere at rest with neutral temperature stratification and a capping inversion:
     192      \item<1-> \textbf{The following parameters have to be set for an initial atmosphere at rest with neutral temperature stratification and a capping inversion:}
    193193
    194194      \quad \texttt{initializing\_actions = ‘set\_constant\_profiles’,}\\

  • palm/trunk/TUTORIAL/SOURCE/parallelization.tex

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    108108
    109109         \node (center) at (0,1) {};
    110          \onslide<2-> \node (Network) at (-3.5,1) [ellipse,fill=green!20] {Network};
     110         \onslide<2-> \node (Network) at (-3.5,1) [draw, ellipse,fill=green!20] {Network};
    111111         \node (dis_mem) at (-3.5,-1) [text width=0.28\textwidth] {\footnotesize \textbf{distributed} memory\\(Cray-T3E)};
    112112         \onslide<3-> \node (add_mem) at (3.5,1) [rectangle, draw] {adressable memory};
    … …  
    116116         \onslide<6-> \node (clustered_systems) at (0,-3) [draw, text width=0.15\textwidth] {clustered systems};
    117117         \node (cs_info) at (0,-4.2) [text width=0.4\textwidth] {\footnotesize (IBM-Regatta, Linux-Cluster,
    118 NEC-SX, SGI-ICE, Cray-XT4)};
     118NEC-SX, SGI-ICE, Cray-XE6)};
    119119
    120120% Adressable memory node (big)
    … …  
    138138% Adressable memory node (small)   
    139139         \onslide<4->
    140          \draw[->, thick] (1.5,0.2) -- (0.4,0.2) ;   
    141          \node at (0,0.2) [scale=0.2] {%
    142          \begin{tikzpicture}
     140           
     141         \node (small_node) at (-2,0.6) [scale=0.2] {%
     142            \begin{tikzpicture}
     143
     144               \node (add_mem_small) at (3.5,0.9) [ultra thick, rectangle, draw, minimum width=3cm] {};
     145
     146               \node (p1_small) at (2,-0.05) [ultra thick, draw,circle, scale=0.9] {};
     147               \node (p2_small) at (2.6,-0.05) [ultra thick, draw,circle, scale=0.9] {};
     148               \node (p3_small) at (3.2,-0.05) [ultra thick, draw,circle, scale=0.9] {};
     149               \node (p4_small) at (3.8,-0.05) [ultra thick, draw,circle, scale=0.9] {};
     150               \node (p5_small) at (4.4,-0.05) [ultra thick, draw,circle, scale=0.9] {};
     151               \node (p6_small) at (5,-0.05) [ultra thick, draw,circle, scale=0.9] {};
    143152           
    144             \node (add_mem_small) at (3.5,0.9) [ultra thick, rectangle, draw, minimum width=3cm] {};
    145             \node (p1_small) at (2,-0.05) [ultra thick, draw,circle, scale=0.9] {};
    146             \node (p2_small) at (2.6,-0.05) [ultra thick, draw,circle, scale=0.9] {};
    147             \node (p3_small) at (3.2,-0.05) [ultra thick, draw,circle, scale=0.9] {};
    148             \node (p4_small) at (3.8,-0.05) [ultra thick, draw,circle, scale=0.9] {};
    149             \node (p5_small) at (4.4,-0.05) [ultra thick, draw,circle, scale=0.9] {};
    150             \node (p6_small) at (5,-0.05) [ultra thick, draw,circle, scale=0.9] {};
    151          
    152             \draw[-, ultra thick] (add_mem_small.south) -- (3.5,0.4);
    153             \draw[-, ultra thick] (2,0.4) -- (5,0.4);
    154             \draw[-, ultra thick] (2,0.4) -- (p1_small);
    155             \draw[-, ultra thick] (2.6,0.4) -- (p2_small);
    156             \draw[-, ultra thick] (3.2,0.4) -- (p3_small);         
    157             \draw[-, ultra thick] (3.8,0.4) -- (p4_small);
    158             \draw[-, ultra thick] (4.4,0.4) -- (p5_small);         
    159             \draw[-, ultra thick] (5,0.4) -- (p6_small);
     153               \draw[-, ultra thick] (add_mem_small.south) -- (3.5,0.4);
     154               \draw[-, ultra thick] (2,0.4) -- (5,0.4);
     155               \draw[-, ultra thick] (2,0.4) -- (p1_small);
     156               \draw[-, ultra thick] (2.6,0.4) -- (p2_small);
     157               \draw[-, ultra thick] (3.2,0.4) -- (p3_small);         
     158               \draw[-, ultra thick] (3.8,0.4) -- (p4_small);
     159               \draw[-, ultra thick] (4.4,0.4) -- (p5_small);         
     160               \draw[-, ultra thick] (5,0.4) -- (p6_small);
     161               
     162               
     163            \end{tikzpicture}
     164            } ;
    160165           
    161            
    162          \end{tikzpicture}
    163          } ;
    164          
     166         \draw[->, thick] (1.5,0.2) -- (small_node) ; 
     167         \draw[-] (-2.7,0.75) -- (-2.3,0.725);
    165168         \onslide<5->
    166          \node (add_info) at (0,-0.1) [scale=0.9] {\scriptsize node};
     169         \node[below=-0.1cm of small_node] (add_info) [scale=0.9] {\scriptsize node};
    167170
    168171% Black Arrows
    … …  
    177180% OpenMP Arrows         
    178181         \onslide<8-> \draw[->, ultra thick, color=yellow] (3.5,-2.6) -- (3.5,-1.5) ;
    179          \draw[->, ultra thick, color=yellow] (2.5,-2.8) -- (-2.5,0.7) ;
     182         \draw[->, ultra thick, color=yellow] (2.5,-2.8) -- (-2.0,0.1) ;
    180183         
    181184% Network decorations
    … …  
    209212         \draw[-] (-2.45,1.0) -- (pr6);
    210213         \draw[-] (mem6) -- (pr6);   
    211                            
     214               
     215         \onslide<1->           
    212216      \end{tikzpicture}
    213217   \end{center}
    … …  
    245249   \begin{itemize}
    246250      \item<10-> Alternatively, a 1D-decomposition along $x$ or $y$ may be used in case of slow networks, but this generally doesn't scale for processor numbers $>$ 256.
     251      \vspace{2mm}
    247252      \item<11-> Message passing is realized using MPI.
     253      \vspace{2mm}
    248254      \item<12-> OpenMP parallelization as well as mixed usage of OpenMP and
    249255MPI is also possible. (OpenMP tests and optimization is under way)
    … …  
    279285         \onslide<5-> \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{parallelization_figures/fft.png} \end{center}
    280286         \vspace{-4mm}
    281          \textbf{Example: transpositions for solving the poisson equation}
     287         \textbf{Example: transpositions for solving the Poisson\\ \hspace{4em}equation}
    282288      \end{column}
    283289   \end{columns}   
    … …  
    353359\begin{frame}
    354360   \frametitle{Virtual Processor Grid Used in PALM}   
    355    \footnotesize
    356    The processor grid and special data types are defined in file \texttt{init\_pegrid.f90}
     361   \scriptsize
     362   \vspace{2mm}
     363   The processor grid and special data types are defined in file \texttt{init\_pegrid.f90}\\
     364   \ \\
    357365   \begin{itemize}
    358366      \item<2-> PALM uses a two-dimensional virtual processor grid (in case of a 1D-decomposition, it has only one element along $y$). It is defined by a so called communicator (here: \texttt{comm2d}):\\
    359       \scriptsize
     367      \tiny
     368      \vspace{1.5mm}
    360369      \quad \texttt{ndim = 2}\\
    361            \quad \texttt{pdims(1) = npex    ! \# of processors along x}\\
    362            \quad \texttt{pdims(2) = npey    ! \# of processors along y}\\
     370           \quad \texttt{pdims(1) = npex  \quad  ! \# of processors along x}\\
     371           \quad \texttt{pdims(2) = npey  \quad  ! \# of processors along y}\\
    363372           \quad \texttt{cyclic(1) = .TRUE.}\\
    364373           \quad \texttt{cyclic(2) = .TRUE.}\\
    365 
    366            \quad \texttt{CALL MPI\underline{\ }CART\underline{\ }CREATE( MPI\underline{\ }COMM\underline{\ }WORLD, ndim, pdims, cyclic,  \&}\\
    367            \quad \texttt{\hspace{10.5em} reorder, \textcolor{blue}{comm2d}, ierr )} 
     374      \ \\
     375           \quad \texttt{CALL MPI\underline{\ }CART\underline{\ }CREATE( MPI\underline{\ }COMM\underline{\ }WORLD, ndim, pdims, cyclic, reorder, \&}\\
     376           \quad \texttt{\hspace{10.5em} \textcolor{blue}{comm2d}, ierr )}
     377           \scriptsize
     378      \vspace{4mm}
    368379      \item<3-> The processor number (id) with respect to this processor grid, \texttt{myid}, is given by:\\
    369       \scriptsize
    370       \quad \texttt{CALL MPI\underline{\ }COMM\underline{\ }RANK( comm2d, \textcolor{blue}{myid}, ierr )}     
     380      \tiny
     381      \vspace{1.5mm}
     382      \quad \texttt{CALL MPI\underline{\ }COMM\underline{\ }RANK( comm2d, \textcolor{blue}{myid}, ierr )}   
     383      \scriptsize   
     384      \vspace{4mm}
    371385      \item<4-> The ids of the neighbouring PEs are determined by:\\
    372       \scriptsize
     386      \tiny
     387      \vspace{1.5mm}
    373388      \quad \texttt{CALL MPI\underline{\ }CARD\underline{\ }SHIFT( comm2d, 0, 1, \textcolor{blue}{pleft},  \textcolor{blue}{pright}, ierr )}\\
    374       \quad \texttt{CALL MPI\underline{\ }CARD\underline{\ }SHIFT( comm2d, 1, 1, \textcolor{blue}{psouth}, \textcolor{blue}{pnorth}, ierr )}
     389      \quad \texttt{CALL MPI\underline{\ }CARD\underline{\ }SHIFT( comm2d, 1, 1, \textcolor{blue}{psouth}, \textcolor{blue}{pnorth}, ierr )}\\
    375390   \end{itemize}
    376391\end{frame}
    … …  
    383398            \item<1-> Ghost points are stored in additional array elements added at the horizontal boundaries of the subdomains, e.g.\\
    384399            \tiny
     400            \vspace{2mm}
    385401            \quad \texttt{u(:,:,nxl\textcolor{blue}{-ngl}), u(:,:,nxr\textcolor{blue}{+ngl})    ! left and right boundary}\\
    386402            \quad \texttt{u(:,nys\textcolor{blue}{-ngl},:), u(:,nyn\textcolor{blue}{+ngl},:)    ! south and north boundary}\\
    387             \hspace{3mm}
     403            \vspace{4mm}
    388404            \item<2-> \scriptsize The exchange of ghost points is done in file \texttt{exchange\underline{\ }horiz.f90}\\
    389405            \textbf{\underline{Simplified} example:} synchroneous exchange of ghost points along $x$ ($yz$-planes, send left, receive right plane):\\
    390406            \tiny
     407            \vspace{2mm}
    391408            \quad \texttt{CALL MPI\underline{\ }SENDRECV( ar(nzb,nys-\textcolor{blue}{ngl},nxl),   ngp\underline{\ }yz, MPI\underline{\ }REAL, pleft,  0,}\\
    392409            \quad \texttt{\hspace{9.5em}ar(nzb,nys-\textcolor{blue}{ngl},nxr+1), ngp\underline{\ }yz, MPI\underline{\ }REAL, pright, 0,}\\
    393410            \quad \texttt{\hspace{9.5em}comm2d, status, ierr )}\\
    394             \hspace{3mm}
     411            \vspace{4mm}
    395412            \item<3-> \scriptsize In the real code special MPI data types (vectors) are defined for exchange of $yz$/$xz$-planes for performance reasons and because array elements to be exchanged are not consecutively stored in memory for $xz$-planes:\\
    396413            \tiny
     414            \vspace{2mm}
    397415            \quad \texttt{ngp\underline{\ }yz(0) = (nzt - nzb + 2) * (nyn - nys + 1 + 2 * \textcolor{blue}{ngl} )}\\
    398416            \quad \texttt{CALL MPI\underline{\ }TYPE\underline{\ }VECTOR( \textcolor{blue}{ngl}, ngp\underline{\ }yz(0), ngp\underline{\ }yz(0), MPI\underline{\ }REAL, type\underline{\ }yz(0), ierr )}\\
    399             \quad \texttt{CALL MPI\underline{\ }TYPE\underline{\ }COMMIT( type\underline{\ }xz(0), ierr )   ! see file init\underline{\ }pegrid.f90}\\
     417            \quad \texttt{CALL MPI\underline{\ }TYPE\underline{\ }COMMIT( type\underline{\ }yz(0), ierr )   ! see file init\underline{\ }pegrid.f90}\\
    400418            \ \\
    401419            \quad \texttt{CALL MPI\underline{\ }SENDRECV( ar(nzb,nys-ngl,nxl), type\underline{\ }yz(grid\underline{\ }level), MPI\underline{\ }REAL, pleft, 0, ...}\\
    … …  
    431449   \frametitle{Parallel I/O}
    432450   \scriptsize
     451   \vspace{-2mm}
    433452   \begin{columns}[T]
    434453      \begin{column}{1.1\textwidth}
    … …  
    449468         \onslide<4-> \textbf{General comment:}
    450469         \begin{itemize}
    451             \item Parallel I/O on a large number of files ($>$1000) currently may cause severe file system problems (e.g. on Lustre file systems). A workaround for this problem will\\ be available soon.
     470            \item Parallel I/O on a large number of files ($>$1000) currently may cause severe file system problems (e.g. on Lustre file systems).\\ \textbf{Workaround:} reduce the maximum number of parallel I/O streams\\ \hspace{5.75em}(see \texttt{mrun}-options)
    452471         \end{itemize}
    453472      \end{column}

  • palm/trunk/TUTORIAL/SOURCE/program_control.tex

    r954 r973  
    290290      errors have occurred!}}
    291291   \par\bigskip
    292    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{program_control_figures/run_control_file.png}
     292   \includegraphics[width=1.08\textwidth]{program_control_figures/run_control_file.png}
    293293   \normalsize
    294294\end{frame}

  • palm/trunk/TUTORIAL/SOURCE/restarts_with_mrun.tex

    r949 r973  
    9393
    9494
    95 % Folie 4 (Zu voll)?
     95% Folie 4
    9696\begin{frame}
    9797   \frametitle{Carrying Out Restart Runs With \texttt{mrun}}
    9898   \scriptsize
    99 
    100    Concerning \texttt{mrun}, the first thing required to enable restart runs is to use the additional activating string \grqq \texttt{restart}\grqq\, in the \texttt{mrun}-call for the \underline{initial run}:\\
    101    \quad \texttt{mrun -d test ... -r ''d3\# restart''}\\
    102    This will have the following effects:
    103    \vspace{2mm}
    104    \begin{itemize}
    105       \item<2-> At the end of the run, all necessary variables will bei written as binary data to the local file \texttt{BINOUT}. This is caused by an entry in the configuration file\\
    106       \quad \texttt{\%write\underline{ }binary true restart}\\
    107       which sets the environment variable \texttt{write\underline{ }binary}, which is in turn read by PALM from the local file \texttt{ENVPAR} created by \texttt{mrun}.
    108       \item<3-> This binary file will be permanently stored in case that an appropriate file connection statement exists\\
    109       \begin{columns}
    110          \column{1.05\textwidth}
    111          \texttt{BINOUT  out:loc:flpe restart \~{}/palm/current\underline{ }version/JOBS/\$fname/RESTART  \underline{ }d3d}
    112       \end{columns}
    113       \item<4-> If, during the run, PALM detects that the simulation cannot be finished due to limited job time, it tells \texttt{mrun} (by creating a local file named \texttt{CONTINUE\underline{ }RUN}) that a restart job has to be started. \texttt{mrun} will then automatically start such a job by submitting the command\\
    114       \quad \texttt{mrun -d test ... -r ''d3f restart''}\\
    115       on the \textbf{local host}. Options of this command are nearly the same as of the initial run, but every sharp symbol (\grqq\#\grqq) in the activating strings is replaced by an \grqq f\grqq.
    116    \end{itemize}
    117    \onslide<5->\textcolor{red}{\textbf{This effects the activation of file connections for the restart job!}}
     99   \begin{columns}[T]
     100      \begin{column}{1.0\textwidth}
     101         Concerning \texttt{mrun}, the first thing required to enable restart runs is to use the additional activating string \grqq \texttt{restart}\grqq\, in the \texttt{mrun}-call for the \underline{initial run}:\\
     102         \vspace{1mm}
     103         \quad \texttt{mrun -d test ... -r \dq d3\# restart\dq}\\
     104         \ \\
     105         This will have the following effects:
     106         \vspace{1mm}
     107         \tiny
     108         \begin{itemize}
     109            \item<2-> At the end of the run, all necessary variables will bei written as binary data to the local file \texttt{BINOUT}. This is caused by an entry in the configuration file\\
     110            \vspace{1mm}
     111            \quad \texttt{\%write\underline{ }binary true restart}\\
     112            \vspace{1mm}
     113            which sets the environment variable \texttt{write\underline{ }binary}, which is in turn read by PALM from the local file \texttt{ENVPAR} created by \texttt{mrun}.
     114            \vspace{3mm}
     115            \item<3-> This binary file will be permanently stored in case that an appropriate file connection statement exists\\
     116            \vspace{1mm}
     117            \quad \texttt{BINOUT  out:loc:flpe restart \~{}/palm/current\underline{ }version/JOBS/\$fname/RESTART  \underline{ }d3d}
     118            \vspace{3mm}
     119            \item<4-> If, during the run, PALM detects that the simulation cannot be finished due to limited job time, it tells \texttt{mrun} (by creating a local file named \texttt{CONTINUE\underline{ }RUN}) that a restart job has to be started. \texttt{mrun} will then automatically start such a job by submitting the command\\
     120            \vspace{1mm}
     121            \quad \texttt{mrun -d test ... -r \dq d3f restart\dq}\\
     122            \vspace{1mm}
     123            on the \textbf{local host}. Options of this command are nearly the same as of the initial run, but every sharp symbol (\grqq\#\grqq) in the activating strings is replaced by an \grqq f\grqq.
     124         \end{itemize}
     125         \scriptsize
     126         \vspace{2mm}
     127         \onslide<5->\textcolor{red}{\textbf{This effects the activation of file connections for the restart job!}}
     128      \end{column}
     129   \end{columns}
     130
    118131\end{frame}
    119132
    … …  
    131144   \begin{itemize}
    132145      \item<2-> For the restart job, the model receives a different parameter file than for the initial job (e.g. \texttt{example\underline{ }cbl\underline{ }p3d\textcolor{blue}{f}} instead of \texttt{example\underline{ }cbl\underline{ }p3d}).\\
    133    \vspace{2mm}
     146   \vspace{4mm}
    134147   The parameter file for the restart job is nearly the same as for the initial run, but it must contain the parameter setting\\
     148   \vspace{1mm}
    135149   \quad \texttt{initializing\underline{ }actions = 'read\underline{ }restart\underline{ }data'}\\
     150   \vspace{1mm}
    136151   in the \texttt{\&inipar}-NAMELIST-group. All other \texttt{\&inipar}-parameter-settings are ignored!\\
    137    \vspace{2mm}
     152   \vspace{4mm}
    138153   \texttt{\&d3par}-parameter values can freely be changed compared with the parameter file for the initial run.\\
    139154   \vspace{4mm}
    140    \item<3-> Input binary data file (\texttt{BININ}) is necessary (and available) only for restart jobs
     155   \item<3-> Input binary data file (\texttt{BININ}) is necessary (and available) only for\\ restart jobs
    141156   \end{itemize}
    142157\end{frame}
    … …  
    167182
    168183
    169 % Folie 7 (Zu voll?)
     184% Folie 7
    170185\begin{frame}
    171186   \frametitle{Handling of Large Binary Data Files}
    … …  
    173188   \begin{columns}
    174189      \column{1.1\textwidth}
     190      \vspace{-1mm}
    175191      \begin{itemize}
    176192         \item<1-> Typically, the binary restart files are very large, so that they cannot be stored in the user's home-directory because of limited file quotas. Also, hard disks where \texttt{/home} is stored are typically very slow, so that the copy process needs very long time.
     193         \vspace{1mm}
    177194         \item<2-> Using the file attribute \texttt{fl} (abbreviation for german \grqq Fortsetzungslauf\grqq) in the output file connection statement causes \texttt{mrun} to copy the local file to a special directory, which can be defined in the configuration file by the environment variable \texttt{tmp\underline{ }data\underline{ }catalog}. The permanent file described in the connection statement is also created, but it is \textbf{empty}.
     195         \vspace{1mm}
    178196         \item<3-> At the end of the job, the second last cycle of the respective file with attribute \texttt{fl} is automatically deleted by \texttt{mrun} from the \texttt{tmp\underline{ }data\underline{ }catalog} in order to spare disc space. This can be prevented by setting the \texttt{mrun}-option \grqq\texttt{-k}\grqq (keep data from previous run).
    179197      \end{itemize}
    180198   \end{columns}
    181    \ \\
     199   \vspace{2mm}
    182200      \onslide<4-> \textbf{Example:}\\
    183201      \tiny \quad \texttt{\%base\underline{ }data\hspace{4.5em}\~{}/palm/current\underline{ }version/JOBS}\\
    … …  
    189207      \tiny \quad \texttt{/gfs2/work/niksiraa/palm\underline{ }restart\underline{ }data/example\underline{ }cbl\underline{ }d3d}\\
    190208      \tiny \quad \texttt{\~{}/palm/current\underline{ }version/JOBS/example/RESTART/example\underline{ }cbl\underline{ }d3d \# empty file (directory)}\\
    191    \vspace{1mm}
    192    \onslide<6-> \scriptsize \textcolor{red}{Concerning input files, \texttt{mrun} always determines the current cycle number to be \underline{used from the contents of the directory defined by the file connection statement!}}
     209   \vspace{2mm}
     210   \onslide<6-> \scriptsize \textcolor{red}{Concerning input files, \texttt{mrun} always determines the current cycle number to be \underline{used from the contents of the directory defined by the file connection}\\ \underline{statement!}}
    193211
    194212\end{frame}
    … …  
    222240      \begin{itemize}
    223241         \item<1-> By default, PALM checks after every timestep, if enough time remains from the job cpu limit to carry out the next timestep:\\
    224          \quad \grqq\texttt{total job time}\grqq\, - \grqq\texttt{time already consumed}\grqq\, $\leftarrow$ \texttt{termination\underline{ }time\underline{ }needed}\\
    225 (as given by \texttt{mrun}-option \texttt{-t} ...) \hspace{5mm}  (as given by parameter in \texttt{\&d3par}-NAMELIST)
     242         \vspace{1mm}
     243         (\quad \grqq\texttt{total job time}\grqq\, - \grqq\texttt{time already consumed}\grqq\,) \texttt{<=} \texttt{termination\underline{ }time\underline{ }needed}\\
     244         (as given by \texttt{mrun}-option \texttt{-t} ...) \hspace{5mm}  (as given by parameter in \texttt{\&d3par}-NAMELIST)\\
     245         \vspace{3mm}
    226246         \item<2-> \texttt{termination\underline{ }time\underline{ }needed} has to include the cpu time needed before running PALM (e.g. for compilation, copying of input data, etc.; default value: 300 s)!\\
    227247         \ \\
    228248         \onslide<3-> \textbf{Warning:}\\
    229          \quad \quad \grqq\texttt{total job time}\grqq\, $\leftarrow$ \texttt{termination\underline{ }time\underline{ }needed},\\
     249         \vspace{1mm}
     250         \quad \quad \grqq\texttt{total job time}\grqq\, \texttt{<=} \texttt{termination\underline{ }time\underline{ }needed},\\
    230251         \quad forces a restart after the first timestep!
    231          \item<4-> \texttt{\&d3par}-parameters \texttt{restart\underline{ }time} and \texttt{dt\underline{ }restart} can be used to set restart time(s) manually.
    232          \item<5-> In case of manually setting the restart time, the default checking (see above) is still active and a restart will be automatically forced if the job reaches its cpu limit, even if the manually set restart time has not been reached!
     252         \vspace{3mm}
     253         \item<4-> \texttt{\&d3par}-parameters \texttt{restart\underline{ }time} and \texttt{dt\underline{ }restart} can be used to set restart time(s) manually.\\
     254         \vspace{3mm}
     255         \item<5-> In case of manually setting the restart time, the default checking (see above) is still active and a restart will be automatically forced if the job reaches its cpu limit, even if the manually set restart time has not been reached!\\
    233256      \end{itemize}
    234257   \end{columns}
    … …  
    243266         \item<1-> After a job has finished (\texttt{end\underline{ }time} has been reached), the user can submit a restart job manually (provided that restart data have been saved) by entering:\\
    244267         \vspace{2mm}
    245          \quad \texttt{mrun ... -r ''d3f ...'' ...}\\
     268         \quad \texttt{mrun ... -r \dq d3f ...\dq\, ...}\\
    246269         or\\
    247               \quad \texttt{mrun ... -r ''d3f restart ...'' ...}\\
     270              \quad \texttt{mrun ... -r \dq d3f restart ...\dq\, ...}\\
    248271              \ \\
    249272         \item<2-> Remember to increase the value of \texttt{end\underline{ }time} in the parameter file before submitting the job.
     273         \vspace{2mm}
    250274         \item<3-> If a manually started restart job shall continue a run of a former job chain which is somewhere in the middle of this chain, all binary files with respective higher cycle numbers have to be deleted or removed from their respective directories.
    251275   \end{itemize}

  • palm/trunk/TUTORIAL/SOURCE/runs_with_mrun.tex

    r964 r973  
    126126   \onslide<6->\textcolor{red}{\textbf{Problems:} The user has to copy or rename output files, if
    127127   he/she wants to run the program more than once and if he concurrently wants to keep
    128    the files from the former run(s).\\
    129    If he/she is using different input parameter files for steering, these files also have
     128   the files from the former run(s). If he/she is using different input parameter files for steering, these files also have
    130129   to be copied into the working directory before the program is executed.}\\
    131130   \vspace{1mm}
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