About This Book
|This book is designed to help any user of IBM Parallel Environment for AIX (PE)
|who needs to know what a message means and what should be done in response
|to that message. This book lists all of the error messages generated by the PE
|software and components and describes a likely solution.
This book assumes that AIX and the X-Windows system are already installed, if
required. For information on installing AIX and X-Windows, consult
IBM AIX for
RS/6000 Installation Guide
, SC23-2341.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is designed for system programmers and administrators, but should be
used by anyone responsible for diagnosing problems related to PE. To use this
book, you should be familiar with the AIX operating system. Where necessary some
background information relating to AIX is provided. More commonly, you are
referred to the appropriate documentation.

How to Use This Book

Overview of Contents

This book contains the following information:
Chapter 1, “Understanding the Diagnostic Message Format” on page 1
Chapter 2, “pdbx Messages” on page 3
Chapter 3, “pedb Messages” on page 25
Chapter 4, “POE Messages” on page 51
Chapter 5, “MPI Messages” on page 105
Chapter 6, “VT Messages” on page 137
“Xprofiler Enhancements” on page xiv

Typographic Conventions

This book uses the following typographic conventions:
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