1scout(1)                     Scalasca Trace Tools                     scout(1)
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NAME

6       scout - Scalasca parallel trace analyzer
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SYNOPSIS

9       scout.ser [OPTION] (ANCHOR_FILE | EXPERIMENT_DIR)
10       scout.omp [OPTION] (ANCHOR_FILE | EXPERIMENT_DIR)
11       scout.mpi [OPTION] (ANCHOR_FILE | EXPERIMENT_DIR)
12       scout.hyb [OPTION] (ANCHOR_FILE | EXPERIMENT_DIR)
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DESCRIPTION

15       scout  is  the  scalable  automatic  trace-analysis  component  of  the
16       Scalasca Trace Tools. In particular, it provides the ability to
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18       · identify wait states in communication and synchronization  operations
19         that  occur,  for  example,  as  a  result  of  unevenly  distributed
20         workloads,
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22       · pinpoint the root causes of those wait states (i.e., delays), and
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24       · identify  the  activities  on  the  critical  path  of   the   target
25         application,  highlighting  those routines which determine the length
26         of the program execution and therefore constitute the best candidates
27         for optimization.
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29       Usually,  scout  is  launched automatically by the Scalasca measurement
30       collection and analysis nexus scan(1) after a successful measurement if
31       event tracing is configured. However, it can also be run manually on an
32       existing event trace measurement.
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34       scout currently supports trace experiments in two different event trace
35       formats:  OTF2  traces  generated  by  the  Score-P instrumentation and
36       measurement system, and legacy traces in EPILOG format generated by the
37       measurement  system  of the Scalasca 1.x release series. For OTF2 event
38       traces, scout has to be provided  with  the  corresponding  ANCHOR_FILE
39       (e.g.,  'traces.otf2'), for EPILOG traces with the experiment directory
40       name EXPERIMENT_DIR.
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42       Depending on the build configuration and the capabilities of the target
43       platform, the scout analyzer may be available in up to four forms:
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45       scout.ser
46           is  always  built.  It is used to analyze event traces generated by
47           serial applications. It can also be used to  analyze  event  traces
48           from  multi-threaded  applications,  however,  it  will  then  only
49           provide information about the master thread.
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51       scout.omp
52           is built whenever the Scalasca  Trace  Tools  are  configured  with
53           OpenMP  support.  It  is  used to analyze event traces generated by
54           pure multi-threaded  applications  (e.g.,  using  OpenMP  or  POSIX
55           threads).  It  can also be used to analyze event traces from serial
56           applications, though analysis incurs a higher overhead  than  using
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59       scout.mpi
60           is  built whenever the Scalasca Trace Tools are configured with MPI
61           support. It is used to analyze event traces generated by  pure  MPI
62           applications. It can also be used on traces from multi-threaded MPI
63           applications, however, it will then only provide information  about
64           the master thread of each process and its MPI activities.
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66       scout.hyb
67           is  built  if the Scalasca Trace Tools are configured with both MPI
68           and OpenMP support. It is used to analyze event traces generated by
69           multi-threaded MPI applications (e.g., MPI+OpenMP or MPI+Pthreads),
70           providing information about all OpenMP/POSIX threads  of  each  MPI
71           process.  It can also be used on traces from pure MPI applications,
72           though analysis  incurs  a  slightly  higher  overhead  than  using
73           scout.mpi.
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75       Note  that scout.mpi and scout.hyb are implemented as MPI programs, and
76       therefore have to be executed using appropriate MPI launch commands and
77       flags. Also, the number of MPI processes for scout must be identical to
78       the number of MPI processes used for the target application execution.
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80       If successful,  scout  produces  the  following  output  files  in  the
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83       · scout.cubex: the trace analysis result
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85       · trace.stat: trace analysis pattern statistics
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OPTIONS

88       scout  accepts  a  number  of  command-line  options  to enable/disable
89       particular analysis features. When scout is launched automatically from
90       the  Scalasca  measurement collection and analysis nexus scan(1), these
91       options can  be  passed  to  the  analyzer  via  the  SCAN_ANALYZE_OPTS
92       environment variable.
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94   Common options
95       --statistics
96           Enables  most-severe  instance  tracking and wait-state statistics.
97           This is the default.
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99       --no-statistics
100           Disables most-severe instance tracking and wait-state statistics.
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102       --critical-path
103           Enables critical-path analysis. This is the default.
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105       --no-critical-path
106           Disables critical-path analysis.
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108       --rootcause
109           Enables root-cause analysis. This is the default.
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111       --no-rootcause
112           Disables root-cause analysis.
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114       --single-pass
115           Use single-pass forward analysis only. Disables both  critical-path
116           and  root-cause analysis, as well as the detection of Late Receiver
117           wait states.
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119       -v, --verbose
120           Increase verbosity.
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122       --help
123           Print a brief usage summary, then exit.
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125   MPI options (scout.mpi/scout.hyb only)
126       --time-correct
127           Enables enhanced timestamp correction. Event  traces  collected  on
128           clusters  without  a  synchronized  clock may contain logical clock
129           condition violations (such  as  a  receive  completing  before  the
130           corresponding   send   is   initiated).  When  scout  detects  such
131           situations,  it  issues  a  warning  that  the  analysis   may   be
132           inconsistent  and  recommends  (re-)running trace analysis with its
133           integrated timestamp correction algorithm activated.
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135       --no-time-correct
136           Disables enhanced timestamp correction. This is the default.
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EXIT STATUS

139       scout exits with status 0 if automatic trace analysis  was  successful,
140       and greater than 0 if errors occur.
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NOTES

143       scout  poses  a  number  of requirements on the input event trace data,
144       which are documented in the OPEN_ISSUES file installed as part  of  the
145       Scalasca  Trace  Tools  documentation.  It  is also available online at
146       https://www.scalasca.org. If those requirements are not met, scout  may
147       abort, deadlock, or crash.
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149       If  scout  crashes or deadlocks even though the documented requirements
150       are met (which usually indicates a bug), restricting the scope  of  the
151       analysis  by  disabling  certain  features  (e.g., critical-path and/or
152       root-cause analysis) may help as a  workaround.  In  any  case,  please
153       report such issues for further investigation (see BUGS below).
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BUGS

156       Please  report  bugs to scalasca@fz-juelich.de. Make sure to include at
157       least the following information in your bug report:
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159       · The Scalasca Trace Tools version reported by 'scalasca -V'.
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161       · The Scalasca Trace Tools configuration reported by 'scalasca -c'.
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163       · The Score-P version reported by 'scorep --version'.
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165       · The Score-P configuration reported by 'scorep-info config-summary'.
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167       · The exact command line of the failing command.
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169       · The exact failure/error message.
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171       Also, please archive a copy of the entire experiment archive  directory
172       including  the  event  trace  data,  as  this may be required to aid in
173       debugging. However, ONLY PROVIDE TRACE DATA IF EXPLICITLY REQUESTED, as
174       the data volume may be excessive.
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EXAMPLES

177       scout.omp scorep_foo_Ox4_trace/traces.otf2
178       Perform  the  Scalasca  OpenMP  event  trace analysis on the OTF2 event
179       trace with anchor file scorep_foo_Ox4_trace/traces.otf2.
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181       mpiexec -n 16 scout.mpi --time-correct scorep_bar_16_trace/traces.otf2
182       Apply the enhanced timestamp correction and perform  the  Scalasca  MPI
183       event  trace  analysis  on  the  OTF2  event  trace  with  anchor  file
184       scorep_bar_16_trace/traces.otf.
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186       mpiexec -n 4 scout.hyb epik_foobar_4x4_trace
187       Perform the hybrid Scalasca MPI+OpenMP  event  trace  analysis  on  the
188       EPILOG  event  trace  in  the  experiment archive epik_foobar_4x4_trace
189       generated by the Scalasca 1.x release series.
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SEE ALSO

192       scalasca(1), scan(1), square(1)
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194       The full Scalasca Trace Tools  documentation  is  available  online  at
195       https://www.scalasca.org.
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197Version 2.5                     Fri Mar 22 2019                       scout(1)
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