http://bam.boincstats.com/: Notice from BOINC
Message from account manager: can't resolve hostname
7/22/2013 3:46:36 PM ccd

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I have 2 clients (CCD, BOINC1) setup on 1 PC because I'm using 2 GPUs independantly. I'm not sure if I need to update my CPUID or not. In BAM, I see information about the host CCD. Under projects there's nothing listed. I'm not sure if there should be 2 BAM IDs or not. I have been adding and deleting projects through eFMer's BoincTasks v1.49.

I tried to synchronize with the other client, but I found the following under messages:

BOINC1
3926 7/22/2013 5:53:35 PM Contacting account manager at http://bam.boincstats.com/
3927 7/22/2013 5:53:36 PM [unparsed_xml] ACCT_MGR_OP::parse: unrecognized version
3928 7/22/2013 5:53:36 PM [unparsed_xml] ACCT_MGR_OP::parse: unrecognized server
3929 7/22/2013 5:53:36 PM Account manager: BAM! User: 131716, ThinkFast
3930 7/22/2013 5:53:36 PM Account manager: BAM! Host: 406751
3931 7/22/2013 5:53:36 PM Account manager: Number of BAM! connections for this host: 6404
3932 7/22/2013 5:53:36 PM Account manager contact succeeded

What should I try first?
Thanks

IMHO it's not necessary to have 2 clients installed on 1 host. Nowadays you can select at almost all projects whether the GPU can be used for that specific project.
So at project A, B and C allow GPU crunching. At project D, E and F disallow.

A more fancy way is disallowing a GPU for a specific project in your cc_config.xml file:
More info at http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration#Options

<exclude_gpu>

Don't use the given GPU for the given project. If <device_num> is not specified, exclude all GPUs of the given type. <type> is required if your computer has more than one type of GPU; otherwise it can be omitted. <app> specifies the short name of an application (i.e. the <name> element within the <app> element in client_state.xml). If specified, only tasks for that app are excluded. You may include multiple <exclude_gpu> elements. If you change GPU exclusions, you must restart the BOINC client for these changes to take effect. Available in BOINC 6.13 or newer.

<exclude_gpu>

   <url>project_URL</url>

   [<device_num>N</device_num>]

   [<type>NVIDIA|ATI|intel_gpu</type>]

   [<app>appname</app>]

</exclude_gpu>

The GPUs are both AMD. One is a HD4850 OpenCL 1.0 DP and the other is an HD5570 OpenCL 1.1, so it's more complex than that.

Anyway, I'm trying to solve an issue with BAM, not BOINC. At least, I think? Thanks.

What BAM functionality are you using on the hosts if you are adding/deleting the projects via Boinc Tasks?


I occasionally get this error also "Message from account manager: can't resolve hostname" but it is usually fine on the next scheduled update or when I manually Synchronize with BOINCstatsBAM. I will get this on several of my hosts around the same time and best I have found is my home router temporarily has forgotten the DNS servers.

Tanks for your response.
That's a good question. I would say Internet access to my stats for all my projects and devices. I now have my Android phone running BOINC. But it doesn't have a manager with that app. Not sure how BoincTasks or BAM will monitor that.
I will try resetting my router first.
What are the ramifications of resetting the CPUID? Will it effect the BOINC client activity?

Been away for a few days, but here's another response . You are addressing 3 different points in 1 thread, let's try to split it up.

1. Can't resolve hostname: as Jeff17 stated this is a relative harmless error related to DNS-servers, don't worry too much about it.

2. Use BAM! or Boinctasks or BOINC-manager to control a host: all 3 programs can be used to attach/detach projects, set various BOINC-options and other fancy stuff. Each program has it's pros and cons, here are some considerations:

• BOINC-manager comes with the installation of the BOINC-client on a host and controls only that host. You can connect to another host, but you can control only 1 host.
  
• Boinctasks must be installed as a program. Within Boinctasks you can control as many concurrent hosts as you like. It takes some detailed knowledge of BOINC, port forwarding and firewalls though, but Fred is very helpful on his eFMer forum.
  
• With BAM! you use the BAM!-part of this website ( boincstats.com/en/bam/ ) to control your hosts. All you have to do is install BOINC on a host and activate the account-manager. Look at the instructions on the BAM!-page.

3. Use 2 GPU's in 1 host for different projects: did you try the configuration options of <exclude_gpu>? The most difficult part is finding the device numbers, you can probably find those in the startup lines on the BOINC-messages tab. The type of card is not important for the use of this option.

On a side note: I would advice a clean install, having 2 BOINC-installations on 1 host is certainly not helping you to decide or conclude on all 3 points.
Resetting your CPID is not gonna solve any of your problems by the way!

Thanks for responding.
Boinctasks is working well at this time.
Can I use BAM to monitor my stats and Boinctasks to control my clients at the same time?
I tried to disable BAM for my clients and them re-enable them, but the project view is blank.
Do I need to add projects in BAM if they are already added by Boinctasks?
It seems that BAM would have a hard time collecting data if it can't resolve the host name.
I tried resetting the router, but doesn't seem to have helped.
I checked my firewall, but it looked ok. I could create a rule for that application.
I could always revert to the original BOINC manager and see if that gives clues.
I will take another look at the instructions and get back to you.

You can always use boincstats.com for monitoring your stats! Use the BAM!-part only when you want to control your hosts by it.
I use the same combination on my hosts: BAM! for creating accounts at projects, adding/deleting projects per host and setting project-preferences (no new work, use GPU etcetera). Boinctasks gives me a centralized view for all hosts and all workunits and gives me the tools to (micro-)manage the actual work done by those hosts (the workunits).

When you already added a project to a host in Boinctasks, it's not synced back to BAM!. You can try to find you existing project-accounts by using http://boincstats.com/en/bam/signup/ and after that look in your host-list at http://boincstats.com/en/bam/hosts/ to check if the project(s) is/are active on the host(s).

BAM! is not producing the error-message, it's the BOINC-client. What kind of firewall are you using? Did you do a clean install of BOINC?

Boinctasks should give the same information on the messages-tab. Can you post the first 30-40 lines after a system restart?