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A 'snapshot', which will be the output produced by the pbs_snapshot tool, will be a tarball (.tgz file) named as "snapshot_<timestamp>.tgz" containing the following directory structure & files:

• server/
  • qstat_B.out: output of "qstat -B"
  • qstat_Bf.out: output of "qstat -Bf"
  • qmgr_ps.out: output of "qmgr print server"server_priv/:
  •  a copy of the 'server_priv' qstat_Q.out: output of "qstat -Q"
  • qstat_Qf.out: output of "qstat -Qf"
  • qmgr_pr.out: output of "qmgr print resource"
  • qmgr_pq.out: output of "qmgr print queue @default"
• server_priv/: a copy of the 'server_priv' directory inside PBS_HOME, may or may not include accounting logs (see the -L option under "Interface Documentation"), core core files are captured separately .server_logs/ (optional): contains server logs from the (see core_file_bt/)
  
  • accounting/: contains accounting logs from PBS_HOME/server_
  logs
  • priv/accounting/ directory for the number of days specified by --accounting-
  L
  • logs option
• job/qstat.out: server_logs/ : contains server logs from the PBS_HOME/server_logs directory for the number of days specified by --daemon-logs option
• job/
  • qstat.out: output of "qstat"
  • qstat_f.out: output of "qstat -f"
  • qstat_t.out: output of "qstat -t"
  • qstat_tf.out: output of "qstat -tf"
  • qstat_x.out: output of "qstat -x"
  • qstat_xf.out: output of "qstat -xf"
  • qstat_ns.out: output of "qstat -ns"
  • qstat_fx_F_dsv.out: output of "qstat -fx -F dsv"
  • qstat_f_F_dsv.out: output of "qstat -f -F dsv"
  • qstat_f_F_json.out: output of qstat -f -F json"
• node/
  
  • pbsnodes_va.out: output of "pbsnodes -va"
  • pbsnodes_a.out: output of "pbsnodes -a"
  • pbsnodes_avSj.out: output of "pbsnodes -avSj"
  • pbsnodes_aSj.out: output of "pbsnodes -aSj"
  • pbsnodes_avS.out: output of "pbsnodes -avS"
  • pbsnodes_aS.out: output of "pbsnodes -aS"
  • pbsnodes_aFdsv.out: output of "pbsnodes -aFdsv"
  • pbsnodes_avFdsv.out: output of "pbsnodes -avFdsv"
    
  • qmgr_pn_pbsnodes_avFjson.out: output of "pbsnodes -avFjson"
    

  • qmgr_pn_default.out: output of "qmgr print node @default"

• mom_priv/

  • Copies of the following files: 'config', 'prologue', 'epilogue', 'mom.lock'

  • vnode_def_all: concatenated copy of all vnode def files from "mom_priv/config.d/" in the following format:

    <vnode def file name>:
        <contents>

    <vnode def file name>:
        <contents>

    ..

  mom_logs/ (optional)

  : a copy of the 'mom_priv' directory inside PBS_HOME, core files are captured separately (see core_file_bt/)

• mom_logs/: contains mom logs from the PBS_HOME/mom_logs directory for the number of days specified by --daemon-L logs option
• comm/comm_logs/ (optional): contains comm logs from the PBS_HOME/comm_logs directory for the number of days specified by -L by --daemon-logs option
• queue/qstat_Q.outsched_priv/: output of "qstat -Q"
• qstat_Qf.out: output of "qstat -Qf"
hook/

• qmgr_ph_default.out: output of "qmgr print hook @default"
qmgr_lpbshooka copy of the 'sched_priv' directory inside PBS_HOME with all the files, core files are not captured (see core_file_bt/).
• sched_logs/: contains scheduler logs from the PBS_HOME/sched_logs directory for the number of days specified by --daemon-logs option
• reservation/
  
  • pbs_rstat_f.out: output of "qmgr list pbshookpbs_rstat -f"
  • pbs_rstat.out: output of "pbs_rstat"
• scheduler/
  
  • qmgr_pschedlsched.out: output of "qmgr print list sched"
    
  • sched_priv/: a copy of the 'sched_priv' directory inside PBS_HOME with all the files, core files are captured separately.
  • sched_logs/ (optional): contains scheduler logs from the PBS_HOME/sched_logs qmgr_psched.out: output of "qmgr print sched"

• hook/

  • qmgr_ph_default.out: output of "qmgr print hook @default"

  • qmgr_lpbshook.out: output of "qmgr list pbshook"

• datastore/

  • pg_log/: a copy of the "PBS_HOME/datastore/pg_log" directory for the number of days specified by -

    L

    -daemon-logs option

• reservation/
  
  • pbs_rstat_f.out: output of "pbs_rstat -f"
  • pbs_rstat.out: output of "pbs_rstat"
• resource/
  
  • qmgr_pr.out: output of "qmgr print resource"
  • rscs_all (derived from the resourcedef file): Will list out built-in as well as custom resources in the following format:

        Name: <resource name>
             type = <resource type attribute>
             flag = <resource flag attribute>

        Name: <resource name>
             type = <resource type attribute>
             flag = <resource flag attribute>

        ...
        ...

• datastore/

  • pg_log/: a copy of the "PBS_HOME/datastore/pg_log" directory

• pbs/

  • pbs.conf: a copy of the pbs.conf file for the PBS system
    

  • pbs_probe_v.out: output of "pbs_probe -v"

  • pbs_hostn_v.out: output of "pbs_hostn -v $(hostname)"
  • pbs_environment: copy of PBS_HOME/pbs_environment file

• core_files/ (won't work with '--obfuscate' option)

• sched_priv/: Copy of all core files found inside the PBS_HOME/sched_priv folder

• server_priv/: Copy of all core files found inside the PBS_HOME/server_priv folder
• mom_priv/: Copy of all core files found inside the PBS_HOME/mom_priv folder
• system/
  • os_info: Information about the OS: version, flavour of linux etc. (output of "uname -a" and "cat /etc/*release*" for linux)
  • process_info: List of processes running on the system when the snapshot was taken (output of "ps -ef | grep pbs | grep -v grep" for linux)
  • lsof_pbs.out: output of "lsof | grep pbs | grep -v grep", only on linux systems
  • ps_aux_pbs.out: output of "ps -aux | grep pbs | grep -v grep", only on linux systems
  • etc_hosts: Copy of "/etc/hosts" file, only on linux systems.
    
  • etc_nsswitch_conf: Copy of "/etc//nsswitch.conf" file, only on linux systems.
• ctime: this will log the time (since epoch) when the snapshot was taken.
• cmds.err: captures the stderr of all PBS commands run by pbs_snapshot in the following format:

  <command run>:
      <stderr>
  <command run>:
      <stderr>
  ..

Interface Documentation:

The interface for pbs_snapshot will be as follows:

pbs_snapshot [OPTION]

-d <pbs_diag>: diag directory to use as input
-H <hostname>: hostname to operate on. Defaults to the value of PBS_SERVER
-L <num days>: number of days of server, scheduler, accounting logs to collect
-l <loglevel>: set log level to one of ERROR, WARNING, DEBUG, INFO, DEBUG2
-o <dir>: Output directory
--map=<file>: Optional path to filename to store the mapping of obfuscated data
--obfuscate: Obfuscates euser, egroup, project, account_name
                      Deletes mail endpoints, owner, managers, operators, variable_list
                      ACLs, group_list, job name, jobdir
--version: print version number and exit

Interface: Option -d <pbs_diag>

• Synopsis: Option to provide path to a pbs_diag directory to be used to generate the snapshot
• Details:
  • This option is meant to make pbs_snapshot be usable on diags generated by the pbs_diag script.
  • <pbs_diag> should be path to a pbs_diag directory that's generated by unwrapping the tarball that pbs_diag produces.
  • This option will instruct pbs_snapshot to not query a live PBS system and instead use the information captured inside the diag to create the snapshot
  • No sudo privileges are needed when running pbs_snapshot using this option

Interface: Option -H <hostname>

• Synopsis: Option to provide the hostname to PBS server
• Details:
  
  • This option will make pbs_snapshot ignore the value of PBS_SERVER and instead use the one provided.

Interface: Option -L <num days>

• Synopsis: Option to instruct pbs_snapshot to capture logs for the given number of days going back from the current day
• Details:
  
  • This will capture sched_logs, server_logs and accounting logs.
  • The value of <num days> should be >= 0.
    • If the value is 0, only the logs for the current day are captured.
    • If the value is 1, only the logs for the current day, and the day before will be captured.

Interface: Option -l <loglevel>

• Synopsis: Option to set the desired log level for debugging pbs_snapshot
• Details:
  
  • The <loglevel> can be set to ERROR, WARNING, DEBUG, INFO or DEBUG2.
  • The logging becomes more comprehensive going from ERROR to DEBUG2 level.
  • By default, the log level will be set to ERROR.

Interface: Option -o <dir>

• Synopsis: Option to specify path to the output/snapshot directory
• Details:
  
  • By default, pbs_snapshot will generate the snapshot directory inside /tmp/, and the snapshot directory will be named as "snapshot_<timestamp>"
    • <timestamp> will be in the format: YYYYMMDD_HH_MM_SS
  • If a directory <dir> already exists, pbs_snapshot will prompt the user to confirm whether to over-write it or not.

Interface: Option --map=<file>

• Synopsis: Option to generate a map file for obfuscated data
• Details:
  
  • This option will cause pbs_snapshot to create a map file by the name specified with "key:value" pair mapping of the data that's obfuscated.
  • This option will work only with the --obfuscate option.

Interface: Option --obfuscate

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• Synopsis: Option to obfuscate/anonymize the PBS data captured
• Details:
  
• This option will instruct pbs_snapshot to obfuscate euser, egroup, project and account_name. If the --map option is provided, it will generate a map file for these attributes.
It will also delete mail endpoints, owner, managers, operators, variable_list, ACLs, group_list, job name and jobdir

core_file_bt/ (stack backtrace from core files)

• sched_priv/: files containing the output of "thread apply all backtrace full" on all core files captured from PBS_HOME/sched_priv

• server_priv/: files containing the output of "thread apply all backtrace full" on all core files captured from PBS_HOME/server_priv
• mom_priv/: files containing the output of "thread apply all backtrace full" on all core files captured from PBS_HOME/mom_priv
• misc/: files containing the output of "thread apply all backtrace full" on any other core files found inside PBS_HOME
• system/
  • pbs_probe_v.out: output of "pbs_probe -v"
  • pbs_hostn_v.out: output of "pbs_hostn -v $(hostname)"
  • pbs_environment: copy of PBS_HOME/pbs_environment file
  • os_info: Information about the OS
  • process_info: List of processes running on the system when the snapshot was taken (output of "ps -aux | grep [p]bs" on linux systems and "tasklist /v" on windows systems)
  • ps_leaf.out: output of ps -leaf, only on linux systems
  • lsof_pbs.out: output of "lsof | grep [p]bs", only on linux systems
  • etc_hosts: Copy of "/etc/hosts" file, only on linux systems.
    
  • etc_nsswitch_conf: Copy of "/etc/nsswitch.conf" file, only on linux systems.
  • vmstat.out: Output of the command 'vmstat', only on linux systems.
  • df_h.out: Output of the command 'df -h', only on linux systems.
  • dmesg.out: Output of the 'dmesg' command, only on linux systems.
• pbs.conf: a copy of the pbs.conf file for the PBS system
• ctime: this will log the time (since epoch) when the snapshot was taken.
• pbs_snapshot.log: captures the logs generated by pbs_snapshot.
  
  

Interface Documentation:

The interface for pbs_snapshot will be as follows (output of pbs_snapshot --help):

Usage: pbs_snapshot -o <path to existing output directory> [OPTION]

    Take snapshot of a PBS system and optionally capture logs for diagnostics

    -H <hostname>                     primary hostname to operate on
                                      Defaults to local host
    -l <loglevel>                     set log level to one of INFO, INFOCLI,
                                      INFOCLI2, DEBUG, DEBUG2, WARNING, ERROR
                                      or FATAL
    -h, --help                        display this usage message
    --daemon-logs=<num days>          number of daemon logs to collect
    --accounting-logs=<num days>      number of accounting logs to collect
    --additional-hosts=<hostname>     collect data from additional hosts
                                      'hostname' is a comma separated list
    --map=<file>                      file to store the map of obfuscated data
    --obfuscate                       obfuscates sensitive data
    --with-sudo                       Uses sudo to capture privileged data
    --version                         print version number and exit

Caveat - Currently pbs_snapshot will need to be run as root because it needs to access protected PBS information (e.g - information inside the PBS_HOME/ _priv directories). So, it could either be run with sudo, or as root user. If it is run with restricted privileges, it won't be able to query all of the data.

Interface: Option -o <path to target directory>

• Synopsis: Path to the directory where the snapshot tarball will be generated
• Details:
  
  • This is a mandatory option to pbs_snapshot.
  • The target directory must exist.
  • As an example, if -o is passed "/temp", then path to the generated snapshot would be "/temp/snapshot_<timestamp>.tgz"

Interface: Option -H <hostname>

• Synopsis: Option to provide the hostname to PBS server
• Details:
  
  • This option will make pbs_snapshot ignore the value of PBS_SERVER and instead use the one provided.

Interface: Option -l <loglevel>

• Synopsis: Option to set the desired log level for debugging pbs_snapshot
• Details:
  
  • The <loglevel> can be set to INFO, INFOCLI, INFOCLI2, DEBUG, DEBUG2, WARNING, ERROR or FATAL.
  • The logging becomes more comprehensive going from FATAL to INFO.
  • By default, the log level will be set to INFOCLI2.
  • The generated logs will also be written out in the file 'pbs_snapshot.log' inside the snapshot directory.

Interface: Option --daemon-logs=<num days>

• Synopsis: Option to instruct pbs_snapshot to capture daemon logs for the given number of days going back from the current day
• Details:
  
  • This will capture all the daemons' logs available on the host that's running PBS Server.
  • If this option is not specified, a default of 5 days of logs will be collected.
  • The value of <num days> should be >= 0.
    • If the value is 0, no logs are captured.
    • If the value is 1, only the logs for the current day are captured.

Interface: Option --accounting-logs=<num days>

• Synopsis: Option to instruct pbs_snapshot to capture accounting logs for the given number of days going back from the current day
• Details:
  
  • If this option is not specified, a default of 30 days of accounting logs will be collected.
  • The value of <num days> should be >= 0.
    • If the value is 0, no logs are captured.
    • If the value is 1, only the logs for the current day are captured.

Interface: Option --additional_hosts=<hostname>

• Synopsis: Option to capture information from hosts other than the one where PBS Server is running
• Details:
  
  • This option only works if daemon logs are being captured (i.e:- if --daemon-logs=0, then this option will not cause any effect).
  • This option will cause pbs_snapshot to capture the following information:
    • mom and comm logs from the hosts specified, for the number of days of logs being captured.
    • mom_priv from the hosts specified, if present.
    • system information from the hosts specified.
  • The 'hostname' argument could either be a single hostname value, or a comma separated list of hostnames to capture the logs from.
  • Warning: This can bloat the size of snapshot by a lot and cause pbs_snapshot to take a lot of time copying possibly large amount of data over the network.

Interface: Option --map=<file>

• Synopsis: Option to generate a map file by the name specified for obfuscated data
• Details:
  
  • This option will cause pbs_snapshot to create a map file by the name specified with "key:value" pair mapping of the data that's obfuscated.
  • This option will work only with the --obfuscate option.
  • If this option is not specified, a file called "obfuscate.map" will be created by default at the location specified by the -o option.

Interface: Option --obfuscate

• Synopsis: Option to obfuscate/anonymize the PBS data captured
• Details:
  
  • This option will instruct pbs_snapshot to obfuscate euser, egroup, project, Account_Name, operators, managers, group_list, Mail_Users, User_List, server_host, acl_groups, acl_users, acl_resv_groups, acl_resv_users, sched_host, acl_resv_hosts, acl_hosts, Job_Owner, exec_host, Host, Mom, resources_available.host and resources_available.vnode.
  • It will also delete Variable_List, Error_Path, Output_Path, mail_from, Job_Name, jobdir, Submit_arguments,  Shell_Path_List.

Interface: Option --version

• Synopsis: Option to display the version of pbs_snapshot being used
• Details:
  
  • This will just display the version and exit
  • The versions would display the version of PBSPro

Sample Usage:

• sudo pbs_snapshot -o /tmp: Will capture snapshot of the system without any logs, and will store the output a snapshot inside /tmptemp/snapshot_<timestamp>
• sudo pbs_snapshot -L 10 -o mysnapshot: Will capture a snapshot at $PWD/mysnapshot along with 11 days of logs going back from the present day (including the present day's logs)
• sudo pbs_snapshot -L 10 -o mysnapshot .tgz along with 30 days of accounting logs and 5 days of daemon logs from the machine that's running PBS Server
• pbs_snapshot --daemon-logs=1 --accounting-logs=1 -o /tmp --obfuscate --map=mapfile.txt: Will capture a snapshot at $PWD/mysnapshot along with 11 days of inside /temp/snapshot_<timestamp>.tgz along with 1 day of accounting and daemon logs, will obfuscate the data and store data mapping in the map file named 'mapfile.txt'.

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