Release notes

New features in version 1.3p3 (released Nov 10)

  • bug fixes
  • enhanced node display for BG/P to show physical and logical structure concurrently
  • samples directory added

Updated version of llview da 1.0b2 (released April 10)

  • includes now BGB.pm needed for database access

First version of llview da 1.0b1 (released March 10)

  • new full configurable batch system interface for LLview
  • supports different batch system (LL, Moab/Torque)

New features in version 1.3p1 (released March 10)

  • bug fixes
  • enhanced node display for BG/P physical/logical

New features in beta version 1.3 (released July 07)

  • new module for prediction of Job Scheduling (stand-alone module, online parameter change possible, enhanced scheduler simulation, enabling backfilling, #topdogs, advanced reservation, maintenance, ...)
  • update of multi-cluster version: General window contains statistic elements for each cluster

New features in version 1.2 (released end April 07)

  • prediction of Job Scheduling (experimental, needs priority information of jobs and some other system information in XML file)
  • new statistic window displaying several diagrams (job wait time, job size histogram, ...)
  • enhanced layout options for node display: display rack containing nodes, rack image
  • new color management for different job types (Run,Wait,Nocont,Search) and different color section schemes (gray, RGB, HSV)
  • version control for user related config files of LLview

Known problems in version 1.2

Fixed problems in version 1.2

New features in version 1.1 (no release)

  • MultiCluster support, display more than one cluster in one LLview window
  • support for other batch systems like PBS/pro and Torque see server scripts
  • support for Blue Gene/L:
    • special server script bglquery.pl which accesses the Blue Gene/L system data base directly
    • some new layout options (e.g. node box type BGL)
    • list of partitions (logical parts of a Blue Gene/L system)
    • graphical display of reservations in the next days
    • graphical display of usage history
    • overlapping image behind node display
  • layout specification for node display, build groups of nodes, e.g. for rack mounted systems
  • status bar and progress bar
  • specification of a image (logo) in the node display

Extensions to LLview XML specification in version 1.1

  • new tag partition, describes logical partitions of a system,
    subset of of nodes
  • new tag reservation, description of reservation requests
  • new tag usage, current usage and history of system usage

Code Enhancements in version 1.1

  • XML-Parser replaced by simple self-written XML parser (problems with perl interpreter)

Known problems in version 1.1

  • Save button will not be enabled after changing source via Ctrl-W
  • On linux (Suse 10.0) sometimes a segmentation fault in the perl interpreter after several hour of running llview
  • backspace in numerical option fields crashes sometimes


last change 04.01.2007 | LLview | Print