Failed to start a parallel pool in matlab2015a

Hi, I have tried parpool and it ended as:

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Error using parpool (line 103)
Failed to start a parallel pool. (For information in addition to the
causing error, validate the profile 'local' in the Cluster Profile
Manager.)

Caused by:
    Error using parallel.internal.pool.InteractiveClient>iThrowWithCause
    (line 667)
    Failed to initialize the interactive session.
        Error using
        parallel.internal.pool.InteractiveClient>iThrowIfBadParallelJobStatus
        (line 768)
        The interactive communicating job failed with no message.

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I then tried to validate the profile 'local', and got these details:

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VALIDATION DETAILS
Profile: local
Scheduler Type: Local

Stage: Cluster connection test (parcluster)
Status: Passed
Description:Validation Passed
Command Line Output:(none)
Error Report:(none)
Debug Log:(none)

Stage: Job test (createJob)
Status: Passed
Description:Validation Passed
Command Line Output:(none)
Error Report:(none)
Debug Log:(none)

Stage: SPMD job test (createCommunicatingJob)
Status: Failed
Description:The job errored or did not reach state finished.
Command Line Output:(none)
Error Report:(none)
Debug Log:
LOG FILE OUTPUT:

Stage: Pool job test (createCommunicatingJob)
Status: Skipped
Description:Validation skipped due to previous failure.
Command Line Output:(none)
Error Report:(none)
Debug Log:(none)

Stage: Parallel pool test (parpool)
Status: Skipped
Description:Validation skipped due to previous failure.
Command Line Output:(none)
Error Report:(none)
Debug Log:(none)

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I have searched for answered and tried to close my computer firewall but it didn't work. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance!

[Edric Ellis]

I suggest you contact MathWorks technical support to resolve installation problems like this.

Answer 1

[Jason Fice]

I had the same error, and validation results. I contacted Mathworks for help and their suggestion was simple and worked for me. See below for an excerpt from their response to me:

"Thank you for contacting MathWorks Installation and Licensing Support. If you are experiencing issues with opening parpool with the local cluster, you may be having issues with the new local mpiexec implementation. It may not woork on all hardware and software configurations. Try the following command to disable this feature:

distcomp.feature( 'LocalUseMpiexec', false )

If this resolves the issue, add the line to your startup.m file. If you do not have a startup.m, create a new file called startup.m in your MATLAB startup directory and add the above line.

Disabling the local mpiexec will not slow down parpool operation but it may make parpool open more slowly. The decrease in efficacy is negligible"

[Martin Muller]

I just had the same problem.

distcomp.feature( 'LocalUseMpiexec', false )

didn't resolve my issue, but

distcomp.feature( 'LocalUseMpiexec', true )

did. Thanks for this hint. I add it to my startup.m script.

[LeWis RoofRack]

This solved my problem:

distcomp.feature( 'LocalUseMpiexec', false )

Thanks!

[Muahammad Younas]

hi everyone.... i have the same problem using matlab (2015a)... i am not able to solve the problem with above mentioned method... while putting "distcomp.feature( 'LocalUseMpiexec', false )" in "startup.m". Access denied answer is shown to me..... Please help me ...

[Amany Arafa]

Run Matlab as Administrator so you can start parpool

Answer 2

[Tao Wang]

Hi Mathworks,

I have a similar issue (matlab R2018a), but the solution "distcomp.feature( 'LocalUseMpiexec', false )" does not work for me.

Here is the Cluster profile report. Any ideas?

VALIDATION REPORT Profile: local Scheduler Type: Local

Stage: Cluster connection test (parcluster) Status: Passed Start Time: Fri Jul 13 12:55:45 PDT 2018 Finish Time: Fri Jul 13 12:55:45 PDT 2018 Running Duration: 0 min 0 sec Description: Error Report: Command Line Output: Debug Log:

Stage: Job test (createJob) Status: Failed Start Time: Fri Jul 13 12:55:45 PDT 2018 Finish Time: Fri Jul 13 12:55:45 PDT 2018 Running Duration: 0 min 0 sec Description: An unexpected error occurred accessing properties: "AdditionalPaths" "ApiTag" "AttachedFileData" "AttachedFilePaths" "AttachedFiles" "AutoAttachFiles" "AutoAddClientPath" "CreateDateTime" "CreateTime" "DependentFiles" "EnvironmentVariables" "ExecutionMode" "FinishDateTime" "FinishTime" "JobData" "MATLABDrivePathMap" "Name" "NumPathsToAppend" "NumThreads" "ProductKeys" "StartDateTime" "StartTime" "StateEnum" "SubmitDateTime" "SubmitTime" "Tag" "Username" "Version" "JobSchedulerData" Error Report: An unexpected error occurred accessing properties: "AdditionalPaths" "ApiTag" "AttachedFileData" "AttachedFilePaths" "AttachedFiles" "AutoAttachFiles" "AutoAddClientPath" "CreateDateTime" "CreateTime" "DependentFiles" "EnvironmentVariables" "ExecutionMode" "FinishDateTime" "FinishTime" "JobData" "MATLABDrivePathMap" "Name" "NumPathsToAppend" "NumThreads" "ProductKeys" "StartDateTime" "StartTime" "StateEnum" "SubmitDateTime" "SubmitTime" "Tag" "Username" "Version" "JobSchedulerData"

Caused by: Error using assert Too many input arguments. Command Line Output: Debug Log:

Stage: SPMD job test (createCommunicatingJob) Status: Failed Start Time: Fri Jul 13 12:55:45 PDT 2018 Finish Time: Fri Jul 13 12:55:45 PDT 2018 Running Duration: 0 min 0 sec Description: An unexpected error occurred accessing properties: "AdditionalPaths" "ApiTag" "AttachedFileData" "AttachedFilePaths" "AttachedFiles" "AutoAttachFiles" "AutoAddClientPath" "CreateDateTime" "CreateTime" "DependentFiles" "EnvironmentVariables" "ExecutionMode" "FinishDateTime" "FinishTime" "JobData" "MATLABDrivePathMap" "Name" "NumPathsToAppend" "NumThreads" "ProductKeys" "StartDateTime" "StartTime" "StateEnum" "SubmitDateTime" "SubmitTime" "Tag" "Username" "Version" "JobSchedulerData" "MinNumWorkers" "MaxNumWorkers" Error Report: An unexpected error occurred accessing properties: "AdditionalPaths" "ApiTag" "AttachedFileData" "AttachedFilePaths" "AttachedFiles" "AutoAttachFiles" "AutoAddClientPath" "CreateDateTime" "CreateTime" "DependentFiles" "EnvironmentVariables" "ExecutionMode" "FinishDateTime" "FinishTime" "JobData" "MATLABDrivePathMap" "Name" "NumPathsToAppend" "NumThreads" "ProductKeys" "StartDateTime" "StartTime" "StateEnum" "SubmitDateTime" "SubmitTime" "Tag" "Username" "Version" "JobSchedulerData" "MinNumWorkers" "MaxNumWorkers"

Caused by: Error using assert Too many input arguments. Command Line Output: Debug Log:

Stage: Pool job test (createCommunicatingJob) Status: Skipped Start Time: Finish Time: Running Duration: Description: Validation skipped due to previous failure. Error Report: Command Line Output: Debug Log:

Stage: Parallel pool test (parpool) Status: Skipped Start Time: Finish Time: Running Duration: Description: Validation skipped due to previous failure. Error Report: Command Line Output: Debug Log:

[po,gpo,eoeo]

similar problems 2018b

[Star Rats]

This works for my case:

For Windows:

Go to the Start Menu and select Run.

Type in %APPDATA% and press Enter.

For Microsoft Windows Vista:

Type in %APPDATA% in the "Start Search" field above the Start menu and press Enter.

From the Application Data folder, go to MathWorks to MATLAB.

Rename or delete the folder "local_scheduler_data" (when working with MATLAB versions prior to R2012a) or "local_cluster_jobs" (when working with MATLAB R2012a and newer).

Once cleared, try restarting MATLAB.

Source: here

[shree hARI NAIR]

thanks you star rat it worked

[haseeb qureshi]

Cheers Star Rats, your solution worked for me. You're a star!

[Snigdha]

Thanks Star Rats. Your solution actually helped me.

[ying ying]

Thanks for your idea!

[Armin Mashhadi]

That worked. Thank you very very much <3

[Walter Roberson]

伟杰 白 comments to Star Rats:

this works

Answer 3

[Mininath Bendre]

Thanks a lot Jason Fice and Martin Muller,

distcomp.feature( 'LocalUseMpiexec', false )

This one works........

Answer 4

[shuai li]

I got some other issues. The parallel pool starts normally with small number of workers set. Commands parpool(4) and parpool(6) works well. But when the number of workers increases, command parpool(10) cannot start the pool correctly, and gives the following errors:

Error using parpool (line 113)

Parallel pool failed to start with the following error. For more detailed

information, validate the profile 'local' in the Cluster Profile Manager.

Caused by:

Error using parallel.internal.pool.InteractiveClient>iThrowWithCause

(line 678)

Failed to initialize the interactive session.

Error using

parallel.internal.pool.InteractiveClient>iThrowIfBadParallelJobStatus

(line 792)

The interactive communicating job failed with no message.

Does anyone know how to fix the problem?

Thanks!

[Jordan Makansi]

Hi shuai li, were you able to fix this? I have the same problem on matlab 2020b, and almost exact same error message;

^HError using parallel.Cluster/parpool (line 86)
Parallel pool failed to start with the following error. For more detailed information, create a profile for your cluster and validate the profile in the Cluster Profile Manager.


Caused by:
    Error using parallel.internal.pool.InteractiveClient>iThrowWithCause (line 678)
    Failed to initialize the interactive session.
        Error using parallel.internal.pool.InteractiveClient>iThrowIfBadParallelJobStatus (line 816)
        The interactive communicating job failed with no message.
}^H

ans =

  logical

   1

Starting parallel pool (parpool) ...
    

I tried

distcomp.feature( 'LocalUseMpiexec', false )

and also tried

distcomp.feature( 'LocalUseMpiexec', true )

Still same error.

Were you able to fix it?

[Vu Minh]

Run Matlab as Administrator, It could work

Answer 5

[Nik Gap]

I have got another problem: only the last stage failed (Parallel pool test). Error: Failed to locate and destroy old interactive jobs.

What should I do?

VALIDATION REPORT
Profile: local
Scheduler Type: Local

Stage: Cluster connection test (parcluster)
Status: Passed
Start Time: Wed Apr 22 13:31:21 CEST 2020
Finish Time: Wed Apr 22 13:31:21 CEST 2020
Running Duration: 0 min 0 sec
Description: 
Error Report: 
Command Line Output: 
Debug Log: 

Stage: Job test (createJob)
Status: Passed
Start Time: Wed Apr 22 13:31:21 CEST 2020
Finish Time: Wed Apr 22 13:31:33 CEST 2020
Running Duration: 0 min 13 sec
Description: 
Error Report: 
Command Line Output: 
Debug Log: 

Stage: SPMD job test (createCommunicatingJob)
Status: Passed
Start Time: Wed Apr 22 13:31:34 CEST 2020
Finish Time: Wed Apr 22 13:31:51 CEST 2020
Running Duration: 0 min 18 sec
Description: Job ran with 28 workers.
Error Report: 
Command Line Output: 
Debug Log: 

Stage: Pool job test (createCommunicatingJob)
Status: Passed
Start Time: Wed Apr 22 13:31:51 CEST 2020
Finish Time: Wed Apr 22 13:32:14 CEST 2020
Running Duration: 0 min 23 sec
Description: Job ran with 28 workers.
Error Report: 
Command Line Output: 
Debug Log: 

Stage: Parallel pool test (parpool)
Status: Failed
Start Time: Wed Apr 22 13:32:15 CEST 2020
Finish Time: Wed Apr 22 13:32:15 CEST 2020
Running Duration: 0 min 1 sec
Description: Failed to locate and destroy old interactive jobs.
Error Report: Failed to locate and destroy old interactive jobs.

Caused by:
    Error using parallel.Cluster/findJob (line 74)
    Unknown type: concurrentconcurrentconcurrent.
Command Line Output: 
Debug Log: 

[Vu Minh]

Run Matlab as Administrator, It could help