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HPC 2008 R2 Diagnostics not working: 'The system cannot find the path specified' reported creating the task

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I am trying to figure out why HPC will not let me run any Diag tests or jobs. I will constantly get the below error no matter what job I run:
Pre Step run failed due to : Error from node: [head node]:Exception 'The system cannot find the path specified' reported creating the task
I think it could be something to do with Environment variables but they seem to be correct:
CCP_DATA=C:\Program Files\Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2\Data
CCP_HOME=C:\Program Files\Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2
CCP_JOBTEMPLATE=Default
CCP_SCHEDULER=headnode (actually shows physical server name which I have changed to headnode for this post)I have installed all the latest Service packs and is now version 3.3.3950.0
I wish I could supply more information about the error, but the above is all I am given. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Mike.
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:44 PM
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Well in the end, this turned out to be quite a simple fix. The Environment variables did not have the backslash at the end of each directory.
- Marked as answer by Sekim79 Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:59 PM
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:59 PM
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Hello.
Could you please give any errors from Event Viewer (Applicatons and Services Logs -> Microsoft -> HpcServer)? Please copy and paste them .
Friday, March 2, 2012 11:12 AM -
Hi,
Thanks for your response, I checked out the Event logs and the only noticeable errors are the exact same error that is listed above.
I have also scheduled a WebEx with a vendor that is a HPC Expert for Monday so will see what they can figure out. thanks.
Here is one example of many:
System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-HPC-Scheduler [ Guid] {5B169E40-A3C7-4419-A919-87CD93F2964D} EventID 6 Version 0 Level 3 Task 2 Opcode 0 Keywords 0x8000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2012-03-02T13:58:09.103574600Z EventRecordID 1797 Correlation - Execution [ ProcessID] 2140 [ ThreadID] 2816 Channel Microsoft-HPC-Scheduler/Operational Computer - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18 - EventData String [RemotingCommunicator] Start job and task 292.256 failed on node HEADNODE. Error: Exception 'The system cannot find the path specified' reported creating the task. Friday, March 2, 2012 10:02 PM -
Well in the end, this turned out to be quite a simple fix. The Environment variables did not have the backslash at the end of each directory.
- Marked as answer by Sekim79 Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:59 PM
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:59 PM