Overview of the Jobs tab in the ADCM UI

Adelya Zvyagintseva

The Jobs tab in the ADCM web interface allows you to view additional information on the execution process and results of actions for the ADCM objects.

List of jobs

On the Jobs tab, you can see the list of jobs related to actions in tabular form which contains information described below.

The Jobs tab
The Jobs tab
Fields of the Jobs tab
Field Description

№

Order number of the job

Name

Name of the job corresponding to the chosen action and containing a link to the job page

Status

Status of the job. Possible values:

  • created — an action was created, but is not running yet;

  • success — an action was successfully executed;

  • failed — an action was executed with an error;

  • running — an action is being executed at the current time;

  • aborted — the job corresponding to the chosen action was aborted by user;

  • broken — a programming error occurred during the action execution.

Objects

Name of the ADCM object that contains a link to the object page

Duration

Duration of the job execution in the HH:mm:ss format

Start time

Job execution start time in the dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss format

End time

Job execution end time in the dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss format

Actions

The stop default dark stop default light icon that stops the job execution. If a job related to an action cannot be stopped ("isTerminatable": false), the stop disabled dark stop disabled light icon will be displayed in the column

To sort the job list:

  • in ascending order of the job order numbers, click the arrow up dark arrow up light icon in the № column.

  • in descending order of the job order numbers, click the arrow down dark arrow down light icon in the № column.

To search for a job in the list:

  • by action name — enter its name in the Search job field;

  • by object name — enter its name in the Search object field.

To filter jobs by status, select the required value from the drop-down list in the field next to Status.

To reset your filters, click the reset dark reset light icon.

Operations with a job

ADCM allows you to stop the execution of jobs related to actions.

To stop the job execution, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Jobs tab.

  2. On the page that opens, click the stop default dark stop default light icon in the row of the job the execution of which should be stopped.

  3. In the dialog box, confirm your action by clicking Stop. As a result, the aborted status is automatically assigned to the job.

    The operation confirmation dialog box
    The operation confirmation dialog box
NOTE
You can stop only those tasks for which such possibility is provided("isTerminatable":true).

Job details

To get detailed information about the job, click on the job name in the Name column of the table located on the Jobs tab. This page includes the following tables, each of which is described in detail below:

The Install job page
The Install job page
Job details
Field Description

Object

Name of the ADCM object that contains a link to the object page

Duration

Duration of the job execution in the HH:mm:ss format

Start time

Job execution start time in the dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss format

Finish time

Job execution finish time in the dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss format

Logs

Link to the archive that includes the following files:

  • ansible.cfg — the Ansible config file;

  • ansible-stdout.txt and ansible-stderr.txt — log files containing information about the job execution;

  • config.json — the ADCM config file;

  • inventory.json — inventory file of a cluster or infrastructure bundle.
Subjobs
Field Description

Subjob

Name of the subjob containing a link to the subjob page

Status

Status of the subjob. Possible values are identical to those described in the table Fields of the Jobs tab

Duration

Duration of the subjob execution in the HH:mm:ss format

Start time

Subjob execution start time in the dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss format

End time

Subjob execution end time in the dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss format

Actions

The skip default dark skip default light icon that stops the execution of the current subjob and transfers the action management to the next subjob. If a stop of the subjob execution is not available ("isTerminatable": false), the skip disabled dark skip disabled light icon will be displayed in the column

To stop the subjob execution, click the skip default dark skip default light icon in the row of the subjob the execution of which should be stopped.

NOTE
The skip default dark skip default light icon is also available on the subjob page.

To get detailed information on the subjob, click on the subjob name in the Subjob column of the table.

The Install ADB subjob page
The Install ADB subjob page

This page displays the same information on the subjob provided in tabular form and described in the Subjobs table.

Also, this page includes the following tabs:

  • Ansible [stdout] — the standard output (stdout) of the command to run the Ansible playbook;

  • Ansible [stderr] — error output (stderr) of the command to run the Ansible playbook;

  • Ansible [check] (optional) — log in a structured format for specific Ansible tasks.

To copy the logs, select the necessary tab, hover over the log area and click Copy at the top-right of the log area.

To download the ansible-stdout.txt, ansible-stderr.txt log files, and the <subjob identifier>-ansible.json file, select the corresponding tab and click the donwload dark download light icon.

The toggle in the lower right corner of the page allows you to disable automatic scrolling to the bottom of logs as the subjob is completed. By default, the toggle is switched on.

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