Listing Jobs
The optimization jobs running on a Compute Server cluster can be listed using the jobs command:
> grbcluster jobs JOBID ADDRESS STATUS #Q STIME USER PRIO API 58780a22 server1 RUNNING 2019-04-07 14:36:49 jones 0 gurobi_cl
The jobs command is actually a shortcut for the job list command.
> grbcluster job list JOBID ADDRESS STATUS #Q STIME USER PRIO API 58780a22 server1 RUNNING 2019-04-07 14:36:49 jones 0 gurobi_cl
Note that you can get more information by using the --long flag. With this flag, you will also display the complete job ID, which is unique, instead of the short ID:
> grbcluster jobs --long JOBID ADDRESS STATUS #Q STIME USER PRIO API RUNTIME PID HOST IP 58780a22-... server1 RUNNING 2019-04-07 14:36:49 jones 0 gurobi_cl 8.1.1 20656 machine1 [::1]
The jobs command only shows jobs that are currently running. To obtain information on jobs that were processed recently, run the job recent command:
> grbcluster job recent JOBID ADDRESS STATUS STIME USER OPT API 58780a22 server1 COMPLETED 2019-04-07 14:36:54 jones OPTIMAL gurobi_cl
The information displayed by the jobs and job recent commands can be changed using the --view flag. The default view for the two commands is the status view. Alternatives are:
status - List all jobs and their statuses model - List all jobs, and include information about the models solved simplex - List jobs that used the SIMPLEX algorithm barrier - List jobs that used the BARRIER algorithm mip - list jobs that used the MIP algorithm
For example, the model view gives details about the model, including the number of rows, columns and nonzeros in the constraint matrix:
> grbcluster job recent --view=model JOBID STATUS STIME ROWS COLS NONZ ALG OBJ DURATION 58780a22 COMPLETED 2019-04-07 14:36:54 331 45 1034 MIP 30 4.901s
To get an explanation of the meanings of the different fields within a view, add the --describe flag. For example:
> grbcluster job recent --view=model --describe JOBID - Unique job ID, use --long to display full ID STATUS - Job status STIME - Job status updated time ROWS - Number of rows COLS - Number of columns NONZ - Number of non zero ALG - Algorithm MIP, SIMPLEX or BARRIER OBJ - Best objective DURATION - Solve duration
For a Mixed-Integer Program (MIP), the mip view provides progress information for the branch-and-cut tree. For example:
> grbcluster job recent --view=mip JOBID STATUS STIME OBJBST OBJBND NODCNT SOLCNT CUTCNT NODLFT 58780a22 COMPLETED 2019-04-07 14:36:54 30 30 54868 4 19 0
Again, --describe explains the meanings of the different fields:
> grbcluster job recent --view mip --describe JOBID - Unique job ID, use --long to display full ID STATUS - Job status STIME - Job status updated time OBJBST - Current best objective OBJBND - Current best objective bound NODCNT - Current explored node count SOLCNT - Current count of feasible solutions found CUTCNT - Current count of cutting planes applied NODLFT - Current unexplored node count
Note that the jobs command provides live status information, so you will for example see current MIP progress information while the solve is in progress.
The other views (simplex and barrier) are similar, although of course they provide slightly different information.
