thank you!
now its is true with physics

Hi

I've got multiple "Completed, can't validate" errors on 3 different Windows hosts all of which have spent thousands of seconds crunching but received ZERO credit.

And yet, most if not all of my wingmen on these tasks ERRORED (with "Validate error" code) on Linux hosts after maybe 3-10 seconds

5045004 1981312 3914 19 Dec 2020, 14:49:32 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 22:21:47 UTC Completed, can't validate 13,008.33 12,976.88 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
5044963 1981290 3914 19 Dec 2020, 14:49:32 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 22:35:05 UTC Completed, can't validate 9,429.14 9,283.31 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
5031572 1979972 3914 19 Dec 2020, 13:20:05 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 17:42:43 UTC Completed, can't validate 10,531.50 10,531.50 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
5027266 1978902 3914 19 Dec 2020, 13:20:05 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 20:19:59 UTC Completed, can't validate 19,202.91 19,007.72 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
5031772 1979969 3914 19 Dec 2020, 13:20:04 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 14:49:32 UTC Completed, can't validate 4,373.44 4,311.09 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
4998619 1973464 1374 19 Dec 2020, 9:30:47 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 20:41:52 UTC Completed, can't validate 7,103.41 7,033.65 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
4997662 1972752 1374 19 Dec 2020, 9:30:34 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 21:13:48 UTC Completed, can't validate 9,130.67 9,058.71 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
4998462 1973293 1374 19 Dec 2020, 9:30:07 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 20:11:46 UTC Completed, can't validate 5,057.00 4,951.75 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
4994809 1972481 1374 19 Dec 2020, 9:29:52 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 20:35:49 UTC Completed, can't validate 6,031.79 5,967.54 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
4997673 1972932 1374 19 Dec 2020, 9:29:37 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 20:11:46 UTC Completed, can't validate 3,893.46 3,842.73 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
4998670 1973534 1374 19 Dec 2020, 9:29:36 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 11:03:21 UTC Completed, can't validate 5,532.78 5,532.78 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
4998672 1973535 1374 19 Dec 2020, 9:29:36 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 11:30:39 UTC Completed, can't validate 6,592.30 6,577.19 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
4998191 1972993 1374 19 Dec 2020, 9:29:36 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 11:35:22 UTC Completed, can't validate 7,441.80 7,430.50 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
4997863 1972905 1374 19 Dec 2020, 9:29:36 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 12:00:42 UTC Completed, can't validate 8,664.61 8,664.61 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
4997865 1972909 1374 19 Dec 2020, 9:29:36 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 11:00:33 UTC Completed, can't validate 4,600.40 4,594.60 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
4997869 1972947 1186 19 Dec 2020, 9:26:02 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 20:48:57 UTC Completed, can't validate 13,416.72 12,685.64 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64
4997507 1973117 1186 19 Dec 2020, 9:25:15 UTC 19 Dec 2020, 15:13:47 UTC Completed, can't validate 20,872.60 20,162.93 0.00 NWChem v0.11 (vbox64_t1)
windows_x86_64

This is a LOT of wasted time, for no gain - but more importantly, why are the ERRORS treated differently by whichever OS is used?

regards
Tim

Sorry, there is a big issue with Linux app and a user just "destroyed" 300k workunits... It goes very fast because of the 3-10 seconds ! it just makes me loose a lot of time and many calculations are lost.

For your information, all errors on all OS are treated identically.

Thank you for your help.
Best regards,
Benoit

Hi Benoit

Many thanks for the helpful message - shame that a Linux user has caused issues for you. :-(

I looked at the "Completed, can't validate" logs and it shows a report:

"Validate state Workunit error - check skipped"

So, is this an actual workunit error (and nothing to do with the host machine), or is this a local problem with VirtualBox or the PC itself (as 3 different hosts have the same issue?).

I would prefer to stop crunching QuChem tasks if it is my host machines that have the problem.

regards
Tim

Hi Tim.

I think your host is ok. this project is a bit unusual and a proportion of invalid tasks and errors are expected.

Best regards Benoit