Health View

The Health view provides comprehensive cluster health monitoring with alerts, health checks, and system diagnostics.

Health view showing cluster health status, alerts, and monitoring

Overview

The Health view monitors cluster status and identifies issues requiring attention. It provides:

• Overall cluster health score
• Active alerts with severity levels
• Health check summaries
• Alert acknowledgment and resolution
• System diagnostics

Health Status

Overall Status Indicator

The top of the Health view shows cluster-wide health:

Health Score Calculation

Score based on multiple factors:

• Node availability (down nodes reduce score)
• Job queue health (failed jobs reduce score)
• Resource utilization (extreme usage reduces score)
• Partition status (down partitions reduce score)

Example:

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Health Score: 85/100 (Warning)

Components:
  Nodes:     95/100 (1 down node)
  Jobs:      80/100 (5 failed jobs)
  Resources: 90/100 (High CPU usage)
  Partitions: 100/100 (All operational)

Alerts Section

Alert Display

Alerts are shown with:

• Severity indicator (color + icon)
• Alert message
• Timestamp
• Status (Active/Acknowledged/Resolved)
• Actions available

Alert Severity Levels

Alert Types

Node Alerts:

• Node down/unreachable
• Node drain status
• High node resource usage
• Hardware failures

Job Alerts:

• High failed job count (>10)
• Jobs stuck in pending (>24 hours)
• Job queue backlog
• Submission failures

Resource Alerts:

• High CPU utilization (>90%)
• High memory utilization (>90%)
• Resource exhaustion
• Disk space warnings

System Alerts:

• Partition down
• Controller issues
• Database connectivity
• Configuration errors

Health Checks

The Health view runs periodic health checks:

Health Check Categories

Node Health:

• Down node count and percentage
• Draining node count
• Node responsiveness
• Hardware status

Job Queue Health:

• Failed job count
• Long-pending job count (>24h)
• Queue depth
• Submission rate

Resource Health:

• CPU utilization vs. critical threshold (95%)
• Memory utilization vs. critical threshold (95%)
• Resource allocation efficiency
• Fragmentation

Partition Health:

• Operational partition count
• Down partition count
• Partition capacity
• Queue status per partition

Health Check Status

Each check shows:

• ✓ (Green) - Passing, healthy
• ⚠ (Yellow) - Warning threshold exceeded
• ✗ (Red) - Critical threshold exceeded

Health Actions

View Alert Details

Shortcut:

Enter

Shows comprehensive alert information:

Alert Information:

• Full alert message
• Severity level
• Source component
• First occurrence time
• Last update time
• Occurrence count (if repeated)

Impact Assessment:

• Affected resources
• User impact estimate
• Service degradation details

Recommended Actions:

• Suggested remediation steps
• Related documentation links
• Contact information

History:

• Alert timeline
• State changes
• Acknowledgments
• Resolution notes

Acknowledge Alert

Shortcut:

a/A

Acknowledges the first unacknowledged alert:

• Marks alert as "seen"
• Doesn't resolve the alert
• Useful for tracking who's aware of issue
• Shows acknowledgment timestamp

Acknowledgment indicates:

• Someone is aware of the issue
• Someone is investigating
• Does not mean issue is fixed

Resolve Alert

Shortcut:

r

Resolves the first active alert:

• Marks alert as resolved
• Adds resolution timestamp
• Alert moves to resolved list
• Optional resolution notes

Only resolve when:

• Issue is actually fixed
• Root cause is addressed
• Monitoring confirms resolution

Clear Resolved Alerts

Shortcut:

c/C

Removes resolved alerts older than 24 hours:

• Cleans up historical alerts
• Keeps recent resolved for reference
• Archived for long-term logging

Show Health Check Details

Shortcut:

H

Opens detailed health check report:

Overall Health:

• Composite score (0-100)
• Color-coded rating
• Trend indicator (improving/degrading/stable)

Component Details: Each component shows:

• Current value vs. threshold
• Status (✓/⚠/✗)
• Impact on overall score
• Recommended threshold
• Trend data

Health Checks Included:

1. Node Availability

   • Down nodes: 0 critical, <5% warning
   • Drain nodes: <10% warning

2. Job Queue Health

   • Failed jobs: <5 good, <10 warning, >10 critical
   • Long-pending: <5% warning, <10% critical

3. CPU Utilization

   • <80% good, 80-95% warning, >95% critical
   • Averaged across cluster

4. Memory Utilization

   • <80% good, 80-95% warning, >95% critical
   • Averaged across cluster

5. Partition Status

   • All UP = good
   • Any DOWN = warning/critical

Show Health Statistics

Shortcut:

s/S

Opens health statistics dashboard:

Alert Statistics:

• Total alerts (all time)
• Active alerts by severity
• Average resolution time
• Alert frequency trends

System Uptime:

• Cluster uptime
• Node availability percentage
• Service disruptions

Performance Metrics:

• Job success rate
• Average queue wait time
• Resource utilization trends
• System throughput

Historical Trends:

• Health score over time (24h, 7d, 30d)
• Alert frequency patterns
• Recurring issues
• Improvement/degradation trends

Refresh Health Data

Shortcut:

R

Manually refreshes all health checks and alerts.

Auto-refresh occurs every 10-30 seconds.

Filtering

Simple Filter

Shortcut: Not available (alerts auto-sorted by severity)

View Filters

Active Alerts:

• Unresolved issues requiring action
• Default view

Acknowledged Alerts:

• Issues being investigated
• Shows who acknowledged and when

Resolved Alerts:

• Fixed issues (last 24 hours)
• Useful for post-incident review

Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

Alert Operations

Enter

a/A

r

c/C

Health Information

H

s/S

Data Management

R

ESC

Auto-Refresh

Health view auto-refreshes every 10-30 seconds to provide real-time monitoring.

More frequent during active incidents.

Alert Example

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┌─ Active Alerts ─────────────────────────────────┐
│                                                  │
│ ✗ CRITICAL - Multiple nodes down                │
│   3 nodes (gpu001, gpu002, gpu003) unresponsive │
│   First seen: 2024-01-15 14:23:45               │
│   Impact: 144 cores unavailable                 │
│   Status: Active                                │
│                                                  │
│ ⚠ WARNING - High memory utilization             │
│   Cluster memory usage: 92% (>90% threshold)    │
│   First seen: 2024-01-15 14:30:12               │
│   Impact: Reduced capacity for new jobs         │
│   Status: Acknowledged by alice                 │
│                                                  │
│ ℹ INFO - Scheduled maintenance                  │
│   Partition gpu will be drained Sunday 02:00    │
│   First seen: 2024-01-15 10:00:00               │
│   Impact: gpu partition unavailable 4 hours     │
│   Status: Acknowledged by admin                 │
│                                                  │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Health Check Details Example

When viewing health check details (

H

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Overall Health: 85/100 (Warning)
Trend: Stable

Component Health Checks:

✓ Node Availability: 95/100
  Down Nodes: 1/128 (0.8%)
  Threshold: <5% warning
  Status: Good

⚠ Job Queue: 75/100
  Failed Jobs: 8
  Threshold: <10 warning, <5 good
  Status: Warning
  Long-pending: 3 jobs >24h

✓ CPU Utilization: 88/100
  Average: 78%
  Threshold: <95% critical, <80% good
  Status: Good

⚠ Memory Utilization: 70/100
  Average: 92%
  Threshold: <95% critical, <80% good
  Status: Warning

✓ Partitions: 100/100
  Operational: 8/8
  Status: All UP

Recommendations:
  - Investigate failed jobs in job queue
  - Monitor memory usage on high-utilization nodes
  - Consider expanding capacity if trend continues

Health Statistics Example

When viewing statistics (

s/S

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Health Statistics

Alert Summary (Last 7 Days):
  Total Alerts: 47
  Critical: 2
  Warning: 28
  Info: 17
  Average Resolution Time: 2h 15m

Current Status:
  Active Alerts: 3
  Acknowledged: 1
  Resolved (24h): 8

System Uptime:
  Cluster: 99.8%
  Average Node Availability: 98.5%
  Last Outage: 3 days ago (15 minutes)

Performance Metrics:
  Job Success Rate: 94.2%
  Average Wait Time: 1h 45m
  Resource Utilization: 78%
  Throughput: 245 jobs/hour

Health Trend (7 days):
  Average Score: 87/100
  Trend: Improving (+3 points)
  Best Day: Monday (95/100)
  Worst Day: Wednesday (78/100)

Tips

• Monitor regularly: Check Health view daily for early issue detection
• Acknowledge promptly: Let team know you're investigating
• Resolve only when fixed: Don't mark as resolved prematurely
• Use statistics: Identify patterns and recurring issues
• Check health details: Understand component-level health
• Respond to critical: Critical alerts need immediate attention
• Clear old alerts: Keep view focused on current issues
• Review trends: Use historical data for capacity planning
• Set up notifications: Configure external alerts for critical issues
• Document resolutions: Add notes when resolving for future reference

Common Alert Patterns

Recurring Alerts

Same alert appearing repeatedly:

• Indicates underlying issue not fixed
• Need permanent solution, not temporary fix
• Review root cause

Escalating Severity

Warning → Critical:

• Issue worsening over time
• Requires intervention before critical
• Monitor trends

Correlated Alerts

Multiple related alerts:

• Single root cause
• Fix root cause to resolve all
• Example: Controller down → many node alerts

Best Practices

For Administrators:

• Monitor Health view in dashboard or mobile
• Set up external alerting (email/Slack)
• Document common issues and solutions
• Review health statistics weekly
• Tune alert thresholds for your cluster
• Archive resolved alerts for compliance

For Users:

• Check Health before submitting large jobs
• Report persistent issues to admins
• Understand impact of active alerts on your jobs
• Use health info to choose partitions wisely

For Troubleshooting:

• Start with Health view when investigating issues
• Correlate alerts with job failures
• Check health check details for specific metrics
• Review alert history for patterns
• Use statistics to identify trends