Monitoring Projects and Jobs

Use a Web browser to monitor projects and jobs.

Prerequisites
  • Start the Sybase IQ InfoPrimer Server, if it is not already running.

  • Verify that you have Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 or later installed on your machine.

  • In the Internet Explorer, go to Tools > Internet Options > Security and make sure the security setting is set to Medium. Job information may not be displayed correctly if the security setting is set to Medium-high or above.

Task
  1. Open the Web browser.
  2. Enter:
    http://<hostname>:<port_number>

    where <hostname> is the network name of the machine on which the Sybase IQ InfoPrimer Server is running, and <port_number> is the port on which the node was started. The default port number is 5124.

  3. To view a list of the running jobs, click the Active Jobs tab.
    You see all the running jobs along with details such as name, status, number of projects within the job, start and end time, and the number of records processed.
  4. To suspend an active project and change its status, click the Suspend icon next to the project in the Active Jobs tab.
    To suspend a job and all projects included within it, click the Suspend icon next to the job in the Active Jobs tab or the Node Summary tab. The status of the job changes to Suspended. All projects in the job are also suspended.
  5. To restart a suspended project and change its status, select the job that has a suspended project in the Active Jobs tab and click the Resume icon. The projects status changes to Running and the project is resumed.
    To restart a suspended job and all projects within it and change their status, click the Resume icon next to the suspended job in the Active Jobs tab.
  6. To view job history, select the job in the Active Jobs tab or the Node Summary tab. Alternatively, click the Job History tab.
  7. To cancel a project and change its status, select a job from the list of active jobs in the Active Jobs tab and click the Cancel icon. The project status changes to Cancelled and the project is stopped.
    To terminate an active job, click the Cancel icon next to the job in the Summary tab. The job is removed from the list.
  8. Select the Node Overview tab to review the details of all servers that are currently running such as, status, number of jobs, amount of CPU, memory, and disk space utilized by the server.
  9. To stop and shut down a selected server, click the Stop icon next to the server name in the Node Overview tab. The server is removed from the list.
  10. Select the Log History tab to review the system log details such as timestamp, type of error, and the error message. Click Download to download the log file on to your machine.
  11. Select a grid engine from the list shown on the left side of the page to view the list of tasks scheduled on it. Click Schedule Task List from the Node menu. A list of scheduled tasks available on the selected engine appear. Click the Terminate icon next to the task to stop it. Similarly, click the Start icon next to a terminated task to execute it.
    Note: Tasks scheduled on Windows Scheduler are not shown.
  12. Click Alert History from the Node menu to review the details of an alert. Click Download to download the alert log file on to your machine.