Patent ID: 8776065

Claim:
A network device for managing scheduling decisions for computer resources, comprising: a transceiver for receiving and sending information; a scheduler configured to receive and to schedule jobs to resources; and a scheduling trace interface component that is programmed to perform actions, including: tracing scheduling decisions; enabling access to at least one user contents of the scheduling snapshot for use in analyzing a status of a job to determine why the job is not currently executing; and enabling access to at least one user contents of the scheduling snapshot for use in analyzing a status of a job to determine when the job is scheduled to execute, wherein enabling access to at least one user contents of the scheduling snapshot for use further comprises providing an interface set of commands including a command to show a priority of a job, a command to show details of a job including the job's resource requirements, a command to show statistics on a job, a command to indicate license availability, and a command to show a policy constraint affecting a job.