Monitoring jobs in Java-based DPX Management Interface

Like the HTML5-based DPX Management Interface, you can manage your jobs in the Java-based DPX Management Interface. Open the Monitor Jobs tab and you see the following components:

• Top pane

  Display a list of jobs.

• Bottom pane

  You can open the bottom pane by double-clicking a job in the top pane, and see the detailed information about the job. For each additional job double-clicked in the top pane, a job tab will appear in the bottom pane, enabling you to easily tab from job to job. If you right-click a job tab in the bottom pane, a task menu appears. These tasks correspond to tasks in the Task Pane, described below. See Monitoring Jobs. If you right-click in a blank part of the job tasks bar, to the right of the job tabs, a Close All task appears, enabling you to close all job displays in the bottom pane.

• Job List

  The job list in the main pane is a list of jobs regardless of job status, starting with the date and time indicated by the "Monitoring Jobs from ..." message at the top of the window. To change the date and time indicated by the "Monitoring jobs from..." message requires a backend modification, as discussed in the knowledge base article How to Modify the Time Range for the DPX Job Monitor. To view the job list from a past or future day, you can also use the feature described in Reviewing Jobs.

• Job Status Filter Buttons

  Above the Job List in the Job Monitor window is a horizontal series of Job Status Filter Buttons, which indicate the number of jobs for each job status category. Clicking on any of the Job Status Filter Buttons modifies the job list so it displays only jobs with the selected status. Only one job filter button can be selected at one time. To clear filtering, deselect the filter by clicking on the filter button.

  The rightmost Job Status Filter Button is the Custom Filter Button. The Custom Filter feature can be used to create, load, edit, save or delete a filter with complex criteria.

  The Custom Filter Button is associated with a combo box. When you choose the Custom Filter Button, you can select the name of an existing custom filter or you can select “New Filter”. If you select the name of an existing filter, the filter gets applied, and the ensuing Custom Filter Dialog is populated. If you select New Filter, the Custom Filter dialog is presented for you to populate.

  Note the following information about the Custom Filter Dialog:

  • The Custom Filter Dialog has several tabs which might include String Filter, Numeric Filter, Date Filter, and Time Filter. Select the appropriate tab based upon your filter criteria. Note that you can select filter criteria on more than one tab.

  • Use the check boxes to select the fields appropriate for your criteria.

  For the selected criteria, enter or select a value or condition.

  After you edit an existing custom filter or define a new custom filter, click Save Filter or Save As. If prompted, enter a new filter name. The filter name cannot exceed 20 characters and cannot accept spaces or most special characters. Saving the filter does not have the effect of applying the filter (unless it is already the active filter.)

  To delete a custom filter, load it then click Delete Filter.

  Each column in the Monitor Jobs window offers information about recently run jobs or jobs that are scheduled to run. You can add or remove column items by right-clicking the column header and check or uncheck the items. The following column items are available in the job list:

Job Name	The name of the job.
Status	The status of the job. Values include: Completed, Failed, and Waiting.
Start Time	The actual (or scheduled) start time for this job.
Duration	The duration column displays one of the following values: If the job is still running, the Duration column will display the amount of time that has elapsed since the job started. If the job is complete, the Duration column will display the amount of time that it took to complete the job. does not display this data for pending jobs, or any system default jobs.
Estimated Completion	Estimated Completion is a calculated value that predicts the completion time of that job. The system bases this calculation on the actual start time of the job, along with the amount of data that the job needs to transfer. When a job does not transfer any data, this value will not appear.
Total Data	The total amount of data that will be transferred for this job.
Completed Data	The amount of data transferred so far for this job.
% Completed	The percent of data transferred so far for this job.
Throughput	The rate of data transference in megabytes per second.
Device {Volume}	The tape label on the destination device that received, or is scheduled to receive the transferred data.
Job Type	The job type assigned to this data transfer operation.
RC	The return code of the job. For more information about the job RCs, see Job Return Codes (RCs)

• Job Context Menus

  Right-click a job icon in the Job List to reveal its context menu. Tasks vary depending on the nature and status of the job.

• Job Control Menus In addition to the common menu options (see Common Menu Bar Options), the Monitor Jobs window also contains the View menu and the Scheduler menu.

To access an item in the View menu:

• From the menu bar, select View. Then select the desired item.

The View menu items are described in the topics that follow.

To access an item in the Scheduler menu:

• From the menu bar, select Scheduler. Then select the desired item.

The Scheduler menu items are described in the topics that follow.

• Monitor Jobs Task Panel

  The Monitor Jobs task panel selections are described in the topics that follow.

Monitor Jobs Function Keys

Note that many job monitor functions made available through the menu bar, are also accessible through the use of function keys, which appear in the management console next to their respective menu bar options.