# pvbatch in Slurm

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvbatch-in-slurm/12307
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [June 13, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvbatch-in-slurm/12307 "2023-06-13T12:54:22Z")
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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvbatch-in-slurm/12307/8 "2023-06-13T13:17:06Z")

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Then you either need to use MPICH compatibility if available on your system or build ParaView yourself.

> [@Leveraging MPICH ABI compatibility for distributed binaries](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/leveraging-mpich-abi-compatibility-for-distributed-binaries/3441):
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> Note: this discussion only applies to Linux, and not Windows or macOS Anyone who has used ParaView in HPC environments should be very familiar with this MPI specific issue: if want to use the MPI implementation provided by your HPC system (which is most likely tuned for your HPC hardware) you must make sure your application executables are built against the same MPI implementation. For most ParaView HPC site administrators and users, this translates to the aphorism: for HPC, build your own Para…

`pvbatch --system-mpi`

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