Just checkpoint-restart the app to relocate. The overhead will be lower
than trying to do with MPI.

Jeff

On Wednesday, March 16, 2016, Husen R <hus...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> After consulting the Gromacs docs, as you suggested, Gromacs already
> supports checkpoint/restart. thanks for the suggestion.
>
> Previously, I asked about checkpoint/restart in Open MPI because I want to
> checkpoint MPI Application and restart/migrate it while it is running.
> For the example, I run MPI application in node A,B and C in a cluster and
> I want to migrate process running in node A to other node, let's say to
> node C.
> is there a way to do this with open MPI ? thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Husen
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Jeff Hammond <jeff.scie...@gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jeff.scie...@gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Why do you need OpenMPI to do this? Molecular dynamics trajectories are
>> trivial to checkpoint and restart at the application level. I'm sure
>> Gromacs already supports this. Please consult the Gromacs docs or user
>> support for details.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, Husen R <hus...@gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','hus...@gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Open MPI Users,
>>>
>>>
>>> Does the current stable release of Open MPI (v1.10 series) support fault
>>> tolerant feature ?
>>> I got the information from Open MPI FAQ that The checkpoint/restart
>>> support was last released as part of the v1.6 series.
>>> I just want to make sure about this.
>>>
>>> and by the way, does Open MPI able to checkpoint or restart mpi
>>> application/GROMACS automatically ?
>>> Please, I really need help.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Husen
>>>
>>
>>
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