Viewing information about SLAs and service classes

Monitoring the progress of an SLA (bsla)

Use bsla to display the properties of service classes configured in lsb.serviceclasses and dynamic state information for each service class. The following are some examples:

  • One velocity goal of service class Tofino is active and on time. The other configured velocity goal is inactive. 
    % bsla
SERVICE CLASS NAME: Tofino
-- day and night velocity
PRIORITY = 20

GOAL:  VELOCITY 30
ACTIVE WINDOW: (17:30-8:30)
STATUS:  Inactive
SLA THROUGHPUT:  0.00 JOBS/CLEAN_PERIOD

GOAL: VELOCITY 10
ACTIVE WINDOW: (9:00-17:00)
STATUS: Active:On time
SLA THROUGHPUT:  10.00 JOBS/CLEAN_PERIOD

 NJOBS   PEND    RUN     SSUSP   USUSP   FINISH
  300    280      10        0       0      10

  • The deadline goal of service class Uclulet is not being met, and bsla displays status Active:Delayed.

    % bsla
SERVICE CLASS NAME: Uclulet
-- working hours
PRIORITY = 20

GOAL:  DEADLINE
ACTIVE WINDOW: (8:30-19:00)
STATUS:  Active:Delayed
SLA THROUGHPUT:  0.00 JOBS/CLEAN_PERIOD
ESTIMATED FINISH TIME:  (Tue Oct 28 06:17)
OPTIMUM NUMBER OF RUNNING JOBS:  6

 NJOBS   PEND    RUN     SSUSP   USUSP   FINISH
   40     39       1        0       0       0

  • The configured velocity goal of the service class Kyuquot is active and on time. The configured deadline goal of the service class is inactive.

    % bsla Kyuquot 
SERVICE CLASS NAME: Kyuquot 
-- Daytime/Nighttime SLA
PRIORITY = 23
USER_GROUP:  user1 user2

GOAL:  VELOCITY 8
ACTIVE WINDOW: (9:00-17:30)
STATUS:  Active:On time
SLA THROUGHPUT:  0.00 JOBS/CLEAN_PERIOD

GOAL: DEADLINE 
ACTIVE WINDOW: (17:30-9:00)
STATUS: Inactive
SLA THROUGHPUT:  0.00 JOBS/CLEAN_PERIOD

 NJOBS   PEND    RUN     SSUSP   USUSP   FINISH
    0      0       0        0       0       0
  • The throughput goal of service class Inuvik is always active. bsla displays:
    • Status as active and on time
    • An optimum number of 5 running jobs to meet the goal
    • Actual throughput of 10 jobs per hour based on the last

      CLEAN_PERIOD

    % bsla Inuvik 
SERVICE CLASS NAME: Inuvik 
-- constant throughput
PRIORITY = 20

GOAL:  THROUGHPUT 6
ACTIVE WINDOW: Always Open
STATUS:  Active:On time
SLA THROUGHPUT:  10.00 JOBS/CLEAN_PERIOD
OPTIMUM NUMBER OF RUNNING JOBS:  5


 NJOBS   PEND    RUN     SSUSP   USUSP   FINISH
   110     95      5        0       0      10

Tracking historical behavior of an SLA (bacct)

Use bacct to display historical performance of a service class. For example, service classes Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk configure throughput goals.

% bsla 
SERVICE CLASS NAME: Inuvik 
-- throughput 6
PRIORITY = 20

GOAL:  THROUGHPUT 6
ACTIVE WINDOW: Always Open
STATUS:  Active:On time
SLA THROUGHPUT:  10.00 JOBS/CLEAN_PERIOD
OPTIMUM NUMBER OF RUNNING JOBS:  5


 NJOBS   PEND    RUN     SSUSP   USUSP   FINISH
   111     94      5        0       0      12
--------------------------------------------------------------
SERVICE CLASS NAME: Tuktoyaktuk 
-- throughput 3
PRIORITY = 15

GOAL:  THROUGHPUT 3
ACTIVE WINDOW: Always Open
STATUS:  Active:On time
SLA THROUGHPUT:  4.00 JOBS/CLEAN_PERIOD
OPTIMUM NUMBER OF RUNNING JOBS:  4


 NJOBS   PEND    RUN     SSUSP   USUSP   FINISH
  104     96       4        0       0       4

These two service classes have the following historical performance. For SLA Inuvik, bacct shows a total throughput of 8.94 jobs per hour over a period of 20.58 hours: 

% bacct -sla Inuvik

Accounting information about jobs that are:
 - submitted by users user1,
 - accounted on all projects.
 - completed normally or exited
 - executed on all hosts.
 - submitted to all queues.
 - accounted on service classes Inuvik, 
--------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY:      ( time unit: second ) 
 Total number of done jobs:     183      Total number of exited jobs:     1
 Total CPU time consumed:      40.0      Average CPU time consumed:     0.2
 Maximum CPU time of a job:     0.3      Minimum CPU time of a job:     0.1
 Total wait time in queues: 1947454.0
 Average wait time in queue:10584.0
 Maximum wait time in queue:18912.0      Minimum wait time in queue:    7.0
 Average turnaround time:     12268 (seconds/job)
 Maximum turnaround time:     22079      Minimum turnaround time:      1713
 Average hog factor of a job:  0.00 ( cpu time / turnaround time )
 Maximum hog factor of a job:  0.00      Minimum hog factor of a job:  0.00
 Total throughput:             8.94 (jobs/hour)  during   20.58 hours
 Beginning time:       Oct 11 20:23      Ending time:          Oct 12 16:58

For SLA Tuktoyaktuk, bacct shows a total throughput of 4.36 jobs per hour over a period of 19.95 hours:

% bacct -sla Tuktoyaktuk
naround time )
 Maximum hog fa

Accounting information about jobs that are:
 - submitted by users user1,
 - accounted on all projects.
 - completed normally or exited
 - executed on all hosts.
 - submitted to all queues.
 - accounted on service classes Tuktoyaktuk, 
--------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY:      ( time unit: second ) 
 Total number of done jobs:      87      Total number of exited jobs:     0
 Total CPU time consumed:      18.0      Average CPU time consumed:     0.2
 Maximum CPU time of a job:     0.3      Minimum CPU time of a job:     0.1
 Total wait time in queues: 2371955.0
 Average wait time in queue:27263.8
 Maximum wait time in queue:39125.0      Minimum wait time in queue:    7.0
 Average turnaround time:     30596 (seconds/job)
 Maximum turnaround time:     44778      Minimum turnaround time:      3355
 Average hog factor of a job:  0.00 ( cpu time / turctor of a job:  0.00      Minimum hog factor of a job:  0.00
 Total throughput:             4.36 (jobs/hour)  during   19.95 hours
 Beginning time:       Oct 11 20:50      Ending time:          Oct 12 16:47

Because the run times are not uniform, both service classes actually achieve higher throughput than configured.