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IBM LoadLeveler for AIX 5L: Using and Administering

LoadLeveler daemons

LoadLeveler has its own set of daemons that control the processes moving jobs through the LoadLeveler cluster and a master daemon that manages the process control daemons. Table 1 summarizes these daemons.

Table 1. LoadLeveler daemons

Daemon Description More information on page:
LoadL_master Referred to as the master daemon. Runs on all machines in the LoadLeveler cluster and manages other daemons. "The master daemon"
LoadL_schedd Referred to as the schedd daemon. Receives jobs from the llsubmit command and manages them on machines selected by the negotiator daemon (as defined by the administrator). "The schedd daemon"
LoadL_startd Referred to as the startd daemon. Monitors job and machine resources on local machines and forwards information to the negotiator daemon.
Note:The startd daemon spawns the starter process (LoadL_starter) which manages running jobs on the executing machine. For more information see The starter process.
"The startd daemon"
LoadL_negotiator Referred to as the negotiator daemon. Monitors the status of each job and machine in the cluster. Responds to queries from llstatus and llq commands. Runs on the central manager machine. "The negotiator daemon"
LoadL_kbdd Referred to as the keyboard daemon. Monitors keyboard and mouse activity. "The kbdd daemon"
LoadL_GSmonitor Referred to as the gsmonitor daemon. Monitors for down machines based on the heartbeat responses of the MACHINE_UPDATE_INTERVAL time period. "The gsmonitor daemon"


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