During a program run of an application, VampirTrace generates an OTF trace file, which can be analyzed and visualized by the visualisation tool Vampir.

The VampirTrace library allows MPI communication events of a parallel program to be recorded as a trace file. Additionally, certain program-specific events can also be included.

To record MPI communication events, simply relink the program with the VampirTrace library. A new compilation of the program source code is only necessary if program-specific events should be added.

More information for the installation and usage of the trace library can be found in the documentation inside the package or directly downloaded below.

Latest release candidate:

• VampirTrace version 5.8rc1 (11/17/2009, 2.7MB)
• User Manual

A list of all important changes can be found in the file ChangeLog.

Latest stable release:

• VampirTrace version 5.7 (08/03/2009, 2.6MB)
• User Manual
  

A list of all important changes can be found in the file ChangeLog.

Previous releases:

Older stable releases are still available in the archive.

Further links:

• Open Trace Format (OTF)
  
• Software required for VampirTrace to enable support for MPI correctness checking:
• • UniMCI - Universal MPI Correctness Interface
  • Marmot - Runtime MPI Correctness Checker
• VampirTrace Beta release with support for Cell/B.E. architecture
  
• VampirTrace is included in Open MPI version 1.3 and later
  

Please, report bugs, wishes, and suggestions to vampirsupport@zih.tu-dresden.de.


VampirTrace is developed in collaboration with the KOJAK project at JSC/FZ Jülich.

Staff at the ZIH:

• Matthias Jurenz
• Dr. Andreas Knüpfer
• Ronny Brendel
  
• Matthias Lieber
• Jens Doleschal
  
• Holger Mickler
• Daniel Hackenberg
• Michael Heyde
• Dr. Matthias Müller