Re: [Condor-users] Running MATLAB on Condor

[Patrick Townsend <patrick.townsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

We quickly found our Win32 Condor pool could use up all our floating Matlab 
licenses, so disallowed Matlab to book out a license by putting an 
exclusion in the Flexlm Matlab options file:-
EXCLUDEALL condor-reuse-vm1

This forces users to use 'compile' their Matlab code and submit that to 
Condor. 'Compiling' uses a compiler license once and produces standalone 
code which runs without licenses - neither for Matlab or any used toolboxes 
etc. It doesn't actually compile, just creates a packaged, encrypted 
version of the source code. It can also be packaged with the MCR (Matlab 
Component Runtime) which includes Matlab DLLs etc for standalone operation 
- running on PCs where Matlab hasn't been installed.
Details on the Matlab compiler and MCR at 
<http://www.mathworks.com/products/compiler/?BB=1>.

Beware that swapping between different versions of Matlab on Win32 requires 
local admin rights - there is a registry toggle in 
HHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\.

I think Mathworks would instead prefer us to buy the Matlab Distributed 
Computing Toolbox and Matlab Distributed Computing Engine to do cluster 
computing. But it ain't Condor!

	regards
		Patrick.


--On 03 March 2005 15:01 -0600 William Patterson <wpatterson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

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> I am very new to Condor.
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> I would like to know if it is possible to run MATLAB jobs through Condor.
> Normally, each CPU needs to be licensed for MATLAB, so I am not sure if
> running MATLAB is possible.
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> Yes or no advice would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks!
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> Bill Patterson
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> UW-Madison School of Business




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