MIGRATE FAQ

Executable Names for Migrate

The sequential version of Migrate is named migrate-n.seq while the MPI version of Migrate is named migrate-n.mpi.

Batch Mode for Migrate

In the parmfile, set the menu parameter to NO for running Migrate in a batch job.

Running Migrate with MPI on Cosmos

• The MPI version requires at least 2 cpus to run.
• SGI MPI requires the MPI executable to be in your current directory or specify the full path to the executable to run correctly.

To invoke the MPI version with 4 cpus if the migrate-n.mpi is located in the current directory:

cosmos% mpirun -np 4 migrate-n.mpi [parmfile]

To invoke the MPI version with 4 cpus using the full path for Migrate 2.4.3:

cosmos% mpirun -np 4 /usr/local/migrate-2.4.3/bin/migrate-n.mpi [parmfile]