32-bit SDK for HPC Server 2008 fails --- "The procedure entry point GetProcessIdOfThread could not be located..."

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:18:26 Z

I'm wondering if anyone has run into the following with the RTM of the SDK for HPC Server 2008. I have various 64-bit MPI apps that run fine with the 64-bit version of the new SDK. But I wanted to do some demos under 32-bit Windows XP Pro, so I rebuilt the apps for 32-bit, installed the 32-bit SDK on the Windows XP machine, and then tried to run my apps via mpiexec:

mpiexec -n 4 MyMPIApp.exe

Immediately, a dialog pops up that says "The procedure entry point GetProcessIdOfThread could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll". I close the dialog, and the console window then displays:

ReadFile() failed, error 109
Error: unable to start the local smpd manager

I disabled the firewall, same result. Rebooted, same result. Installed MPI.NET and ran one of my MPI.NET apps, exactly the same error. If I uninstall, and install the SDK for Compute Cluster Pack, the error goes away. So something is up with the new SDK.

Any ideas? Thanks!

32-bit SDK for HPC Server 2008 fails --- "The procedure entry point GetProcessIdOfThread could not be located..."

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:54:13 Z

There were a couple different threads on this, updating this one for completeness.

The RTM version of the SDK needs the patch: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6415c650-78a3-4b6a-8264-b855173b14d8

Future service pack releases of the SDK will have this fix 'built in'.