2.4.1. Script Modifications for Running on a Cluster

You may wish to run your batch parameter on different machines on a cluster (provided your Ansys install and run folders are accessible from all machines) and want to run subsets of your parameter runs on different machines rather than all of them.

To do this, modify the last line of the run_batch_parameter_study script and replace the

-nruns <number of parameter studies>

argument with

-nstart <starting run number> -nend <ending run number>

to define the subset you wish to solve, starting from run <starting run number> to <ending run number>.

For example,

scheduler -nstart 32 -nend 63 -nparallel 16 -delay 1

runs jobs RUN_000032 to RUN_000063 running 16 in parallel.