parpool local taking 600 seconds
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I am trying to start a local parallel pool with parpool in 2016b and the process is taking nearly 600 seconds!
I ran the Profiler on the command "parpool('local',2)" and the results showed that the slowdown is coming from the function getJobInitData which is under toolbox/distcomp/cluster/+parallel,+internal/+apishared/private
Based on the usual advise found online, I triple-checked the license paths, confirming that there is only an MLM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable and there is no LM_LICENSE_FILE variable.
It is also worth mentioning that when I run createJob(cluster) or createCommunicatingJob(cluster,'Type','pool'), I do not see a problem. The problem is when opening a pool with parpool.
What other things should I look into?
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Edric Ellis
on 11 Jan 2021
I would suggest contacting MathWorks support directly to help resolve this.
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Debarghya Kundu
on 15 Jan 2021
It is likely that this issue is due to network licensing. To confirm this, try the following:
1) Locate the MLM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable, as specified here:
2) Copy the value of MLM_LICENSE_FILE up to ";" . It should be something like this:
27000@<servername>,27000@<servername>2,27000@<servername>3, where <servername> is set according to your organization name
3) Navigate to "<matlabroot>/bin" in the file explorer.
4) Right-click "matlab.EXE" and make a new desktop shortcut for it. Do not use an existing shortcut, as there may be permissions issues.
5) Right-click the shortcut and select "Properties".
6) In the Target field, add -c and then paste your previously copied values. It should look like this:
"C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2019b\bin\matlab.exe" -c27000@<servername>,27000@<servername>2,27000@<servername>3
7) Click "Apply" and launch MATLAB from the shortcut.
This should resolve most issues with parallel pool. If using the -c option with the MLM_LICENSE_FILE did not seem to help, Please run the following command and send us the result at Technical Support.
>> tic; system_dependent('lmfeaturelist', 2); toc
This will time a special type of license check that occurs before parallel work.
If a startup.m is trying to open a prompt, it will cause a hang. The portions of the startup that are opening in a prompt can be enclosed in an if structure to correct this:
if (usejava('desktop'))
%code here
end
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