foxhunt/TRAINING_MONITORING_QUICK_REFERENCE.md

TRAINING MONITORING DASHBOARD - Quick Reference

Agent: 134 Created: 2025-10-14 Status: ✅ READY

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Overview

Unified monitoring dashboard for all 5 model training processes with real-time GPU metrics, epoch progress tracking, time remaining estimates, and automatic alerting.

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Quick Start

View Live Dashboard (Auto-Refresh)

./scripts/monitor_all_training.sh monitor

• Updates every 30 seconds
• Shows all 5 models (TFT, MAMBA2, Liquid, DQN, PPO)
• Press Ctrl+C to exit

One-Time Status Check

./scripts/monitor_all_training.sh status

View with Auto-Refresh (External)

watch -n 30 ./scripts/monitor_all_training.sh status

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Monitored Processes

Model	Type	Expected	Log File
TFT	Training	200 epochs	/home/jgrusewski/Work/foxhunt/tft_training_output.log
MAMBA2	Training	200 epochs	/home/jgrusewski/Work/foxhunt/mamba2_training_output.log
Liquid	Training	200 epochs	/home/jgrusewski/Work/foxhunt/liquid_training_output.log
DQN	Tuning	50 trials	/tmp/tuning_run.log
PPO	Tuning	50 trials	/tmp/ppo_tuning_run.log

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Dashboard Features

System Resources

• Memory Usage: Color-coded (Green <70%, Yellow 70-90%, Red >90%)
• Disk Usage: Color-coded (Green <70%, Yellow 70-85%, Red >85%)
• GPU Metrics:
  • GPU Utilization (%)
  • VRAM Usage (MB)
  • Temperature (°C)
  • Power Draw (W)

Per-Model Tracking

• Status: Running / Stopped / Not Started
• PID: Process ID (if running)
• Runtime: Elapsed time (HH:MM:SS)
• Memory: Process memory usage (MB)
• Progress: Current/Total (percentage)
• Visual Progress Bar: 40-character bar (Red <10%, Yellow 10-30%, Green >30%)
• Metric: Last loss (training) or Best value (tuning)
• ETA: Estimated time remaining (HH:MM:SS)
• Error Detection: Automatic scanning for crashes/OOM

Summary Statistics

• Total models tracked: 5
• Running processes count
• Stopped processes count
• Not started processes count
• Average progress across running processes

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Commands

Start Live Monitoring

./scripts/monitor_all_training.sh monitor

Output: Full-screen dashboard, refreshes every 30 seconds

Quick Status Check

./scripts/monitor_all_training.sh status

Output: One-time snapshot of all training processes

View Alert Log

./scripts/monitor_all_training.sh alerts

Output: All logged alerts (memory, disk, errors)

Clear Alert Log

./scripts/monitor_all_training.sh clear-alerts

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Log Viewer Commands

Tail Individual Model Logs

# TFT training log
tail -f /home/jgrusewski/Work/foxhunt/tft_training_output.log

# MAMBA2 training log
tail -f /home/jgrusewski/Work/foxhunt/mamba2_training_output.log

# Liquid training log
tail -f /home/jgrusewski/Work/foxhunt/liquid_training_output.log

# DQN tuning log
tail -f /tmp/tuning_run.log

# PPO tuning log
tail -f /tmp/ppo_tuning_run.log

View All Alerts

tail -f /tmp/training_alerts.log

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Alert Thresholds

System Alerts

Resource	Warning	Critical	Action
Memory	75%	90%	Logged to alert log
Swap	4096MB	6144MB	Logged to alert log
Disk	70%	85%	Logged to alert log

Process Alerts

• Error Detection: Scans last 100 lines of each log for:
  • error
  • panic
  • killed
  • out of memory / oom
  • cuda error
  • segmentation fault
• Action: Logs to /tmp/training_alerts.log with timestamp

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Configuration

Modify Refresh Interval

Edit /home/jgrusewski/Work/foxhunt/scripts/monitor_all_training.sh:

REFRESH_INTERVAL=30  # Change to desired seconds

Add New Training Process

Edit the TRAINING_PROCESSES array:

declare -A TRAINING_PROCESSES=(
    ["MODEL_NAME"]="log_file:expected_epochs:pid_file"
)

Example:

["NEW_MODEL"]="new_model_training.log:100:/tmp/new_model.pid"

Change Alert Thresholds

Edit system resource check functions:

# Memory threshold (default: 90%)
if [ "$mem_percent" -gt 90 ] 2>/dev/null; then
    log_alert "CRITICAL" "SYSTEM" "Memory usage critical: ${mem_percent}%"
fi

# Disk threshold (default: 85%)
if [ "$disk_percent" -gt 85 ] 2>/dev/null; then
    log_alert "WARNING" "SYSTEM" "Disk usage high: ${disk_percent}%"
fi

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Status Files

Dashboard Status

cat /tmp/training_dashboard_status.txt

Content: Current status of all processes (updated every refresh)

PID Files

• /tmp/tft_training.pid - TFT process ID
• /tmp/mamba2_training.pid - MAMBA2 process ID
• /tmp/liquid_training.pid - Liquid process ID
• /tmp/dqn_tuning.pid - DQN tuning process ID
• /tmp/ppo_tuning.pid - PPO tuning process ID

Alert Log

cat /tmp/training_alerts.log

Format: [YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS] [LEVEL] [MODEL] Message

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Troubleshooting

Dashboard Not Showing Process

Check PID file exists:

ls -la /tmp/*.pid

Check process is running:

ps aux | grep -E "(train_|tune|optuna)"

Verify log file exists:

ls -la /home/jgrusewski/Work/foxhunt/*.log
ls -la /tmp/*.log

Progress Not Updating

Check log file is being written:

tail -f <log_file>

Verify log parsing patterns:

• Training: Epoch X/Y or loss: X.XXX
• Tuning: Trial X completed or Best value: X.XXX

GPU Metrics Showing 0%

Check nvidia-smi availability:

nvidia-smi

Check CUDA processes:

nvidia-smi pstat

Alerts Not Logging

Check alert log permissions:

ls -la /tmp/training_alerts.log

Manually trigger alert:

echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] [TEST] [MANUAL] Test alert" >> /tmp/training_alerts.log

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Integration with Other Scripts

Use with System Resource Monitor

# Start resource monitoring in background
./scripts/system_resource_monitor.sh monitor &

# Start training dashboard
./scripts/monitor_all_training.sh monitor

Use with Dashboard Monitor (Legacy)

# Compare outputs
./scripts/dashboard_monitor.sh       # Legacy tuning dashboard
./scripts/monitor_all_training.sh    # New unified dashboard

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Performance

Resource Usage

• CPU: <1% (monitoring only)
• Memory: <50MB
• Disk I/O: Minimal (read-only log scanning)

Scalability

• Supports up to 10 models (tested with 5)
• Refresh interval: 10-60 seconds (default: 30s)
• Log files: Scans last 100 lines for errors (fast)

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Known Limitations

1. Pattern Matching: Requires specific log patterns:

   • Training: Epoch X or loss: X.XXX
   • Tuning: Trial X completed or Best value: X.XXX

2. Time Estimates: Based on linear extrapolation (may be inaccurate early in training)

3. GPU Metrics: Requires nvidia-smi (NVIDIA GPUs only)

4. Process Detection: Relies on PID files (must be created by training scripts)

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Future Enhancements

Planned Features

• Export to CSV/JSON for analysis
• Email/Slack notifications on critical alerts
• Historical progress tracking (time-series)
• Multi-GPU support with per-GPU metrics
• Web dashboard (REST API + HTML frontend)
• Prometheus metrics exporter
• Auto-restart on crash detection

Contribution Guidelines

1. Test changes with at least 2 running processes
2. Preserve backward compatibility with existing PID/log files
3. Add new alert types to /tmp/training_alerts.log
4. Update this documentation with new features

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Example Output

Live Dashboard

╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║     UNIFIED TRAINING MONITORING DASHBOARD            ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Updated: 2025-10-14 21:30:00

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SYSTEM RESOURCES
  Memory: 45%
  Disk: 7%
  GPU: 85% | VRAM: 3200/4096MB (78%) | Temp: 72°C | Power: 95.5W

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TFT 🟢 RUNNING
  PID: 123456 | Runtime: 02:34:56
  Memory: 2345.6MB
  Progress: 45/200 (22.5%)
  [████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░]
  Last Loss: 0.0234
  ETA: 08:15:30
  Log: /home/jgrusewski/Work/foxhunt/tft_training_output.log

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SUMMARY
  Total Models: 5
  Running: 2 | Stopped: 1 | Not Started: 2
  Average Progress: 18.5%

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Created by: Agent 134 Task: Training Monitoring Dashboard Duration: 20 minutes Status: ✅ COMPLETE

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Last Updated: 2025-10-14 Version: 1.0