This section describes the parts 1 and 2 (described in the introduction section) of the JOBMANAGER GUI dedicated to the management of jobs.
JOBMANAGER provides some buttons to manage the user job list (see figure Main buttons for job management and job list).
Main buttons for job management and job list
The description of each button (framed in blue in the figure) is given in the table below.
Button | Condition of activation | Description | Multi Selection |
---|---|---|---|
Create | Always activated | Launch the job wizard to create a job. | Not matter |
Start | Job selected and job state equals to Created | Start a job. | No |
Get Results | Job selected and job state equals to Finish or Failed | Get job results in the result directory. | Yes |
Stop | Job selected and job state equals to Queued or Running or Paused | Stop the job. If the job is registered into a remote batch manager, it is removed from it. | Yes |
Delete | Job selected | Delete a job. If the job is registered into a remote batch manager, it is removed from it. | Yes |
Restart | Job selected and job state equals to Finish or Failed | Restart a job. | No |
Edit/Clone | Job selected | Edit a job in created or Error or Failed or Not Created state. Clone a job in other state. | No |
Refresh jobs | Always activated | Update jobs states. | Not matter |
Tip: You could use the Auto Refresh button in GUI part 3 to enable an automatic refresh.
When a job is selected, the part 2 is filled with all the information that the JOBMANAGER has on the job. The figure Job widget information shows this part of the GUI. It contains two tabs. The first tab provides the main information and the run information. The second tab shows the input and output file list of the job.
Job widget information
This section describes the workflow when a job is created. The jobmanager uses a wizard to create a job.
The first page (see Create wizard page 1) of the wizard permits to define the job name and the job type. For each job type, the page provides an explanation of what job type refers.
Create wizard page 1
The second page (see Create wizard page 2) permits to add two files, the main job file (in this example a command file). You could also add an environment file that is not mandatory.
Create wizard page 2
The third page (see Create wizard page 3) permits to define the batch parameters related to the job. It’s mandatory to define the Remote work directory that is the directory where the job will be executed. Input files defined in page 4 will be copied in this directory. You also have to define the maximum duration, the amount of memory needed and the number of processors/cores of the job.
Create wizard page 3
The fourth page (see Create wizard page 4) permits to add the input and output files. Input files are files located into the user computer that have to be transferred into the execution resource. In this page, you could also define the result directory where job’s results and logs will be copied.
Create wizard page 4
The fifth page (see Create wizard page 5) permits to choose the resource where the job will be executed. You can also define the batch queue that you want to use.
Create wizard page 5
The last page (see Create wizard page 6) finalizes the job creation. You could choose if you want or not start the job at the end of the wizard.
Create wizard page 6
The JOBMANAGER permits to save and load the job list. For some jobs, this feature permits to follow the execution of a job into a different SALOME session by loading the list.
The figure Location of load and save job list buttons shows where are located the load and save buttons in the JOBMANAGER GUI.
Location of load and save job list buttons
All jobs cannot be followed between two SALOME sessions. Indeed, It’s the batch type of the resource that allows to know if you can or not follow a job. Currently, resources that use ssh for batch configuration cannot be followed. In this case, when the JOBMANAGER load the job, it will set this kind of job in the Error state.