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Method and apparatus for obtaining status information in a grid

  • US 7,716,061 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2003
  • Issued: 05/11/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method in a data processing system for obtaining status information for processes executing in a grid, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a local node, a first command, wherein the first command is a globus-job-submit command enclosed in a wrapper, and wherein the globus-job-submit command is for submitting a plurality of jobs to be processed;

    creating, by the wrapper, a directory in the local node;

    receiving, by a grid resource application management (GRAM) service node, the plurality of jobs to be processed;

    distributing, by the GRAM service node, the plurality of jobs to a plurality of remote nodes to execute the plurality of jobs;

    returning, to the local node by the globus-job-submit command, a return string that includes a particular job identifier and a particular host name for each one of the plurality of jobs being executed by each one of the plurality of remote nodes, wherein the particular host name identifies one of the plurality of remote nodes that is executing a particular job identified by the particular job identifier;

    reading, by the wrapper from the return string, the particular job identifier and the particular host name for each one of the plurality of jobs; and

    storing, by the wrapper, the particular job identifier and the particular host name for each one of the plurality of jobs in a separate file in the directory.

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