>srun --pack-group=0 --ntasks=2 : --pack-group=1 --ntasks=4 pw.x -i mos2.rlx.in
Still only one node is running the processes $ squeue JOBID PARTITION NAME USER ST TIME NODES NODELIST(REASON) 755+1 QUARTZ myQE ghatee R 0:47 1 rocks7 755+0 QUARTZ myQE ghatee R 0:47 1 compute-0-2 $ rocks run host compute-0-2 "ps aux | grep pw.x" ghatee 541 0.1 0.0 582048 7604 ? Sl 02:29 0:00 srun --pack-group=0 --ntasks=2 : --pack-group=1 --ntasks=4 pw.x -i mos2.rlx.in ghatee 542 0.0 0.0 46452 748 ? S 02:29 0:00 srun --pack-group=0 --ntasks=2 : --pack-group=1 --ntasks=4 pw.x -i mos2.rlx.in ghatee 559 99.6 0.1 1930560 129728 ? Rl 02:29 0:52 /home/ghatee/QuantumEspresso621/bin/pw.x -i mos2.rlx.in ghatee 560 99.7 0.1 1930560 129720 ? Rl 02:29 0:52 /home/ghatee/QuantumEspresso621/bin/pw.x -i mos2.rlx.in ghatee 590 0.0 0.0 113132 1588 ? Ss 02:30 0:00 bash -c ps aux | grep pw.x ghatee 629 0.0 0.0 112668 960 ? S 02:30 0:00 grep pw.x $ rocks run host rocks7 "ps aux | grep pw.x" ghatee 16219 99.0 0.1 1930484 127764 ? Rl 10:59 1:00 /home/ghatee/QuantumEspresso621/bin/pw.x -i mos2.rlx.in ghatee 16220 99.1 0.1 1930524 127764 ? Rl 10:59 1:00 /home/ghatee/QuantumEspresso621/bin/pw.x -i mos2.rlx.in ghatee 16221 99.0 0.1 1930484 127760 ? Rl 10:59 1:00 /home/ghatee/QuantumEspresso621/bin/pw.x -i mos2.rlx.in ghatee 16222 99.1 0.1 1930496 127760 ? Rl 10:59 1:00 /home/ghatee/QuantumEspresso621/bin/pw.x -i mos2.rlx.in ghatee 16391 0.0 0.0 316388 26652 pts/16 Sl+ 11:00 0:00 /opt/rocks/bin/python /opt/rocks/bin/rocks run host rocks7 ps aux | grep pw.x ghatee 16394 0.0 0.0 113132 1368 pts/16 S+ 11:00 0:00 bash -c ps aux | grep pw.x ghatee 16396 0.0 0.0 112664 952 pts/16 S+ 11:00 0:00 grep pw.x Regards, Mahmood