# Metis + integration points + petsc

**URL:** <https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/metis-integration-points-petsc/1672>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Tags:** ogs6\
**Created:** [August 21, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/metis-integration-points-petsc/1672 "2025-08-21T12:50:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![carlos](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@carlos](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/u/carlos)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/metis-integration-points-petsc/1672/1 "2025-08-21T12:50:23Z")

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Dear ogs-Team,

we want to run a (restart) simulation using openmpi + petsc. The restart mesh contains integration points. We got the following warning:

“warning: Could not open file ‘Mesh\_physical\_group\_Boundary\_Front\_canister\_partitioned\_integration\_point\_properties\_cfg48.bin’.  
You can ignore this warning if the mesh does not contain integration\_point-wise property data.”

Therefore the question is if we can run such a configuration? Thanks for the support.

Cheers,

Carlos

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**Author:** ![chleh](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/user_avatar/discourse.opengeosys.org/chleh/32/854_2.png) [@chleh](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/u/chleh)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/metis-integration-points-petsc/1672/2 "2025-08-22T05:38:23Z")

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Hi Carlos,

usually integration point data is read from the bulk mesh only, and not necessary in boundary meshes. Since the warning mentions a boundary mesh everything should be OK.

Best regards,  
Christoph

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**Author:** ![carlos](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@carlos](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/u/carlos)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 6:50am UTC](https://discourse.opengeosys.org/t/metis-integration-points-petsc/1672/3 "2025-08-22T06:50:03Z")

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Hi Christoph,

thanks for the answer.

Cheers

Carlos