GridLink Utility:
Controller Activity Management Features

The user can perform the following actions under "Controller" menu.

• Connect Controllers

To re-connect to controllers that have disconnected from the utility (due to a service shutdown, server reboot, etc.)

• Disconnect Controllers

To disconnect from controllers.

This is useful when the user wants to allow another person to run GridLink Utility to connect to controllers on this farm, because a controller can only accept connection from one copy of GridLink Utility at one time.

• Check Job Status on Servers

The user may use this function to refresh the information about the number of CPU cores, number of licenced helpers, number of running jobs, pending jobs and copies of AXIS on servers.

• Check Job CPU Usage on Servers

The user may use this function to view the current CPU usage for each AXIS copy running on servers.

• Update Profile on Controllers

Normally, when the user has changed the current Farm Profile, all controllers will receive and update with the new profile automatically. However, in some case (e.g. if the user tries to remove a server from the farm while a job is running on it), the profile cannot be updated on servers until the job is finished. If this happens, the user needs to manually update it later using this menu.

To view the licence information on a server, right-click it and select the menu "View Licence Information". A dialog shows whether the GridLink Module is licenced on the server, and the number of helpers that the licence permits by this server to be launched and join the distributed processing.