Example #1
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        /// <summary>
        /// Populates Azure Storage with the required files, and
        /// submits the work item to the Azure Batch service.
        /// </summary>
        public async Task RunAsync()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Running with the following settings: ");
            Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------");
            Console.WriteLine(this.configurationSettings.ToString());

            //Upload resources if required.
            if (this.configurationSettings.ShouldUploadResources)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Splitting file: {0} into {1} subfiles",
                                  Constants.TextFilePath,
                                  this.configurationSettings.NumberOfMapperTasks);

                //Split the text file into the correct number of files for consumption by the mapper tasks.
                FileSplitter  splitter        = new FileSplitter();
                List <string> mapperTaskFiles = await splitter.SplitAsync(
                    Constants.TextFilePath,
                    this.configurationSettings.NumberOfMapperTasks);

                await this.UploadResourcesAsync(mapperTaskFiles);
            }

            //Generate a SAS for the container.
            string containerSasUrl = Helpers.ConstructContainerSas(
                this.configurationSettings.StorageAccountName,
                this.configurationSettings.StorageAccountKey,
                this.configurationSettings.StorageServiceUrl,
                this.configurationSettings.BlobContainer);

            //Set up the Batch Service credentials used to authenticate with the Batch Service.
            BatchCredentials batchCredentials = new BatchCredentials(
                this.configurationSettings.BatchAccountName,
                this.configurationSettings.BatchAccountKey);

            using (IBatchClient batchClient = BatchClient.Connect(this.configurationSettings.BatchServiceUrl, batchCredentials))
            {
                using (IWorkItemManager workItemManager = batchClient.OpenWorkItemManager())
                {
                    //Create the unbound work item in local memory.  An object which exists only in local memory (and not on the Batch Service) is "unbound".
                    string workItemName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USERNAME") + DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss");

                    ICloudWorkItem unboundWorkItem = workItemManager.CreateWorkItem(workItemName);

                    //
                    // Construct the work item properties in local memory before commiting them to the Batch Service.
                    //

                    //Allow enough VMs in the pool to run each mapper task, and 1 extra to run the job manager.
                    int numberOfPoolVMs = 1 + this.configurationSettings.NumberOfMapperTasks;

                    //Define the pool specification for the pool which the work item will run on.
                    IPoolSpecification poolSpecification = new PoolSpecification()
                    {
                        TargetDedicated = numberOfPoolVMs,
                        VMSize          = "small",
                        //You can learn more about os families and versions at:
                        //http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/ee924680.aspx
                        OSFamily        = "4",
                        TargetOSVersion = "*"
                    };

                    //Use the auto pool feature of the Batch Service to create a pool when the work item is created.
                    //This creates a new pool for each work item which is added.
                    IAutoPoolSpecification autoPoolSpecification = new AutoPoolSpecification()
                    {
                        AutoPoolNamePrefix = "TextSearchPool",
                        KeepAlive          = false,
                        PoolLifeTimeOption = PoolLifeTimeOption.WorkItem,
                        PoolSpecification  = poolSpecification
                    };

                    //Define the execution environment for this work item -- it will run on the pool defined by the auto pool specification above.
                    unboundWorkItem.JobExecutionEnvironment = new JobExecutionEnvironment()
                    {
                        AutoPoolSpecification = autoPoolSpecification
                    };

                    //Define the job manager for this work item.  This job manager will run when any job is created and will submit the tasks for
                    //the work item.  The job manager is the executable which manages the lifetime of the job
                    //and all tasks which should run for the job.  In this case, the job manager submits the mapper and reducer tasks.
                    string jobManagerCommandLine = string.Format("{0} -JobManagerTask", Constants.TextSearchExe);
                    List <IResourceFile> jobManagerResourceFiles = Helpers.GetResourceFiles(containerSasUrl, Constants.RequiredExecutableFiles);
                    const string         jobManagerTaskName      = "JobManager";

                    unboundWorkItem.JobSpecification = new JobSpecification()
                    {
                        JobManager = new JobManager()
                        {
                            ResourceFiles = jobManagerResourceFiles,
                            CommandLine   = jobManagerCommandLine,

                            //Determines if the job should terminate when the job manager process exits
                            KillJobOnCompletion = false,

                            Name = jobManagerTaskName
                        }
                    };

                    try
                    {
                        //Commit the unbound work item to the Batch Service.
                        Console.WriteLine("Adding work item: {0} to the Batch Service.", unboundWorkItem.Name);
                        await unboundWorkItem.CommitAsync(); //Issues a request to the Batch Service to add the work item which was defined above.

                        //
                        // Wait for the job manager task to complete.
                        //

                        //An object which is backed by a corresponding Batch Service object is "bound."
                        ICloudWorkItem boundWorkItem = await workItemManager.GetWorkItemAsync(workItemName);

                        //Wait for the job to be created automatically by the Batch Service.
                        string boundJobName = await Helpers.WaitForActiveJobAsync(boundWorkItem);

                        ICloudTask boundJobManagerTask = await workItemManager.GetTaskAsync(
                            workItemName,
                            boundJobName,
                            jobManagerTaskName);

                        TimeSpan maxJobCompletionTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30);

                        IToolbox          toolbox = batchClient.OpenToolbox();
                        ITaskStateMonitor monitor = toolbox.CreateTaskStateMonitor();
                        bool timedOut             = await monitor.WaitAllAsync(new List <ICloudTask> {
                            boundJobManagerTask
                        }, TaskState.Completed, maxJobCompletionTimeout);

                        Console.WriteLine("Done waiting for job manager task.");

                        await boundJobManagerTask.RefreshAsync();

                        //Check to ensure the job manager task exited successfully.
                        await Helpers.CheckForTaskSuccessAsync(boundJobManagerTask, dumpStandardOutOnTaskSuccess : true);

                        if (timedOut)
                        {
                            throw new TimeoutException(string.Format("Timed out waiting for job manager task to complete."));
                        }
                    }
                    catch (AggregateException e)
                    {
                        e.Handle(
                            (innerE) =>
                        {
                            //We print all the inner exceptions for debugging purposes.
                            Console.WriteLine(innerE.ToString());
                            return(false);
                        });
                        throw;
                    }
                    catch (Exception e)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Hit unexpected exception: {0}", e.ToString());
                        throw;
                    }
                    finally
                    {
                        //Delete the work item.
                        //This will delete the auto pool associated with the work item as long as the pool
                        //keep alive property is set to false.
                        if (this.configurationSettings.ShouldDeleteWorkItem)
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("Deleting work item {0}", workItemName);
                            workItemManager.DeleteWorkItem(workItemName);
                        }

                        //Note that there were files uploaded to a container specified in the
                        //configuration file.  This container will not be deleted or cleaned up by this sample.
                    }
                }
            }
        }