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Inspecting the Service Output

Task 1 – Inspecting the Job’s Trace Files

In this task, you will create the trace output for the finished job and inspect the trace files created for each node.

  1. Open the HPC 2008 R2 Cluster Manager application from Start | All Programs | Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2 | HPC Cluster Manager.
  2. In the Cluster Manager application, enter the Job Management section, locate the jobs named WordAssociation - WCF service, select the last job to finish, and then click Collect Trace… from the Actions section, as shown in Figure 16:

    Figure 16

    Collecting trace Information

  3. In the Collect Trace window, specify the target directory to which the trace files will be saved, and click OK. After the operation completes, the target directory will open in a Windows Explorer window.
  4. Open each of the trace files by double-clicking it. The trace files will open in the Microsoft Service Trace Viewer application; use the application to look at the trace outputted by the service.

    Figure 17

    Viewing the contents of the trace file