Monitoring projects and jobs using a Web browser

You can use a Web browser to monitor the state of all grid nodes, including the ETL Development grid engine that is a part of the grid architecture. In addition to monitoring projects and jobs that are launched from ETL Development, you can:

Before you start monitoring:

StepsMonitoring projects and jobs

  1. Open the Web browser.

  2. Enter:

    http://<hostname>:<port_number>
    

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

    On the monitoring page you see:

    • Node Summary – displays detailed information about the currently running server, such as the host name and operating system of the machine the server is running on, the number of jobs running on the server, the amount of CPU, memory, and disk space utilized by the server, PID and account information, and the product name and version number. This tab also includes a list of active and recent jobs.

    • Active Jobs – displays a detailed list of the running jobs.

    • Job History – provides a list of all the jobs executed since the previous day.

    • Log History – provides the system log history.

    • Node Overview– provides a list of all the running servers.

    • Alert History – provides the system alert history.

StepsViewing active jobs

  1. 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.

StepsSuspending an active job

  1. In the Active Jobs tab or the Node Summary tab, click the Suspend icon next to the job you want to suspend. The status of the job changes to Suspended. All projects in the job are also suspended.

StepsResuming a job

  1. In the Active Jobs tab or the Node Summary tab, select a job to view its history. Alternatively, you can click the Job History tab.

  2. Click the Resume icon next to the suspended job.

    The status of the job changes to Running and all projects in the job are also resumed.

StepsCanceling an active job

  1. In the Summary tab, click the Cancel icon next to the job you want to cancel. The job is removed from the list.

StepsSuspending an active project

  1. In the Active Jobs tab, click the Suspend icon next to the project you want to suspend. The status of the project changes to Suspended.

StepsResuming a project

  1. In the Active Jobs tab, select the job that has a suspended project. Alternatively, you can click the Job History tab.

  2. Click the Resume icon next to the suspended project. The projects status changes to Running and the project is resumed.

StepsCanceling a project

  1. In the Active Jobs tab, select a job from the list of active jobs.

  2. Click the Cancel icon next to the project you want to cancel.

    The project status changes to Cancelled and the project is stopped.

StepsViewing all running servers

  1. Select the Node Overview tab. A list of all the running servers appears along with details such as status, number of jobs, amount of CPU, memory, and disk space utilized by the server.

StepsShutting down a server

  1. In the Node Overview tab, click the Shutdown icon next to the server. The server is removed from the list.

StepsViewing log history

  1. Select the Log History tab. A table appears, displaying system log details such as timestamp, type of error, and the error message.

    If required, click Download to download the log file on to your machine.

StepsViewing the list of scheduled tasks

To view the list of scheduled tasks:

NoteTasks scheduled on Windows Scheduler are not displayed.

  1. Select a grid engine to view the list of tasks scheduled on it. All running engines are displayed on the left side of the page.

  2. Select the Schedule Task List tab. A list of scheduled tasks available on the selected engine is displayed.

  3. Click the Terminate icon next to the task to stop it. Similarly, click the Start icon next to a terminated task to execute it.

StepsViewing alert history

  1. Select the Alert History tab. A table appears displaying alert details.

    If required, click Download to download the alert log file on to your machine.