[Condor-users] How can I check whether my VMware job is really checkpointed?

[Rob <spamrefuse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have successfully submitted VMware jobs without checkpointing.
Now I want to check the checkpoint feature, as it is described in the
manual (no checkpoint server is needed).

The master is a linux/Fedora with condor 7.4.2.
All pool PCs are Windows XP, with condor 7.2 and VMware 1.0.

I have changed the submission file such that it also allows
checkpointing, like this:

Universe = vm
Executable = any_name_you_like
Log = vm.log
vm_type = vmware
vm_networking = false
vm_checkpoint = true
vm_memory = 64
vmware_dir = /home/condor/VM
vm_cdrom_files = input.dat
vm_should_transfer_cdrom_files = YES
vmware_should_transfer_files = YES
Requirements = (target.Arch == "INTEL")
Queue


When I run the job, the vm.log Log file has lines like this:

001 (007.000.000) 05/13 17:57:05 Job executing on host: <115.145.228.96:1034>
...
003 (007.000.000) 05/13 20:26:51 Job was checkpointed.
    Usr 0 00:00:01, Sys 0 02:27:38  -  Run Remote Usage
    Usr 0 00:00:00, Sys 0 00:00:00  -  Run Local Usage
    68599016  -  Run Bytes Sent By Job For Checkpoint
...
004 (007.000.000) 05/13 20:26:59 Job was evicted.
    (0) Job was not checkpointed.
        Usr 0 00:00:01, Sys 0 02:27:38  -  Run Remote Usage
        Usr 0 00:00:00, Sys 0 00:00:00  -  Run Local Usage
    68599016  -  Run Bytes Sent By Job
    79956464  -  Run Bytes Received By Job


Notice, that it says
  "Job was checkpointed."
*and*
  "Job was not checkpointed."

Meanwhile I do find the checkpoint files in the spool:

15MB-000001.vmdk
isohrDAAH.iso
nvram
vmBvHAAB_condor-Snapshot1.vmsn
vmbvhaab_condor.vmem
vmBvHAAB_condor.vmsd
vmbvhaab_condor.vmss
vmBvHAAB_condor.vmx
vmware-0.log
vmware-1.log
vmware.log


I'm quite confused by all this.
Is the VMware condor job checkpointed or not?

Also, I don't know where and how I can verify this.

And if it's not checkpointed, why is it not?
If it is checkpointed, why I can't see more evidence of it?

Thanks for your help!

Rob.