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Charting Resources with Windows Performance Monitor

LSF integrates with Windows Performance Monitor, so you can chart LSF cluster, host, queue, and job performance information. Windows Performance Monitor can also be used to trigger external commands when specified thresholds are exceeded.

A service called LSF Monitor passes information from LSF to the Windows Performance Monitor. LSF Monitor must be installed separately. On UNIX, you can use xlsmon to chart load information or you can use Platform SiteAssure to manage LSF resources on UNIX. To chart historical data, you can use Platform Analyzer.

This chapter provides instructions for installing, configuring, and using LSF Monitor.

Contents

LSF Monitor statistics

Once installed, LSF Monitor automatically sends information to the Windows Performance Monitor. Use the Windows Performance Monitor to chart LSF performance information.

The host, queue, and job objects support multiple instances.

The following LSF information is available:

Cluster information

Host information

Queue information

Job information

External information

Installing LSF Monitor

Requirements

LSF version

You must have a cluster running LSF version 4.0 or higher.

Host

Install LSF Monitor on any LSF server or client host running Windows.

Cluster

The cluster can include UNIX hosts.

Account

The LSF Monitor service runs under the account of an LSF cluster administrator. You will need to provide an LSF cluster administrator account and password.

Install LSF Monitor

The LSF Monitor setup program is installed with LSF. Use lsfmon -install to actually install the LSF Monitor service:

  1. Log on to a Windows host as an LSF user in an existing LSF cluster.
  2. In a command prompt, type:
  3. lsfmon -install

    LSF Monitor is installed.

  4. On the Windows Control Panel, click Services.
  5. The Services window opens.

  6. Right-click LSF Monitor and click Properties.
  7. In the Log On As section, deselect System Account, select This Account, and specify an LSF cluster administrator account (such as Administrator).
  8. Type in the password twice and click OK.
  9. In the Services window, select LSF Monitor and click Start to start the service.

Configuring LSF Monitor

You can configure sample intervals for host, queue and job information along with external load indices.

In this section

Configure sample intervals

Overview

LSF Monitor periodically samples information from LSF and updates the Windows Performance Monitor.

Default sample intervals

By default, information is sampled at the following intervals:

Change sample intervals

To change the sample intervals for LSF host, job, or queue information, modify the Windows Registry settings.

Back up your registry before you make any changes.

To modify the registry:

  1. Select the Registry subkey:
  2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LSFMonitor 
    
  3. Edit the appropriate value, and specify the new sample interval in seconds:

Configure external load indices

You can use the Windows Performance Monitor to chart up to 2 external load indices, which you specify.

To configure LSF Monitor to monitor external load indices, modify the Windows Registry settings. Update your backups before you modify the Registry.

  1. Go to the Registry subkey :HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LSFMonitor
  2. Specify the appropriate value, and type the name of an external load index that is configured in your cluster:

Using LSF Monitor

Start and stop LSF Monitor

Use the Windows Control Panel to start or stop the LSF Monitor service.

View information about LSF Monitor

Errors related to LSF API calls and the operation of LSF services will be logged to the Windows event log. You can use the Windows Event Viewer to view this information.

Uninstalling LSF Monitor

Use lsfmon -remove to uninstall LSF Monitor. This command will first stop the LSF Monitor service if it is running, then remove it and remove related information from the Windows Registry.

Uninstall LSF Monitor

To uninstall LSF Monitor:


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