Performance Tool
The Performance tool is used to monitor resource utilization. Resource utilization can be
summarized for the system, viewed by project, or viewed for an individual user.
Figure 15-1 Performance Tool in the Solaris Management Console
How to Access the Performance Tool
The Performance tool is located under System Status in the Navigation pane. To
access the Performance tool, do the following:
- Click the System Status control entity in the Navigation pane.
The control entity is used to expand menu items in the Navigation pane.
- Click the Performance control entity.
- Click the System control entity.
- Double-click Summary, Projects, or Users.
Your choice depends on the usage you want to monitor.
Monitoring by System
Values are shown for the following attributes.
Attribute |
Description |
|---|
Active Processes |
Number of processes that are
active on the system |
Physical Memory Used |
Amount of system memory that is in
use |
Physical Memory Free |
Amount of system memory that is available |
Swap Used |
Amount of
system swap space that is in use |
Swap Free |
Amount of free system swap
space |
Page Rate |
Rate of system paging activity |
System Calls |
Number of system calls per second |
Network
Packets |
Number of network packets that are transmitted per second |
CPU Usage |
Percentage of CPU
that is currently in use |
Load Average |
Number of processes in the system run
queue which are averaged over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes |
Monitoring by Project or User Name
Values are shown for the following attributes.
Attribute |
Short Name |
Description |
|---|
Input Blocks |
inblk |
Number of blocks read |
Blocks
Written |
oublk |
Number of blocks written |
Chars Read/Written |
ioch |
Number of characters read and written |
Data Page Fault
Sleep Time |
dftime |
Amount of time spent processing data page faults |
Involuntary Context Switches |
ictx |
Number of
involuntary context switches |
System Mode Time |
stime |
Amount of time spent in the kernel mode |
Major
Page Faults |
majfl |
Number of major page faults |
Messages Received |
mrcv |
Number of messages received |
Messages Sent |
msend |
Number of
messages sent |
Minor Page Faults |
minf |
Number of minor page faults |
Num Processes |
nprocs |
Number of processes owned
by the user or the project |
Num LWPs |
count |
Number of lightweight processes |
Other Sleep Time |
slptime |
Sleep
time other than tftime, dftime, kftime, and ltime |
CPU Time |
pctcpu |
Percentage of recent CPU
time used by the process, the user, or the project |
Memory Used |
pctmem |
Percentage of system
memory used by the process, the user, or the project |
Heap Size |
brksize |
Amount of
memory allocated for the process data segment |
Resident Set Size |
rsssize |
Current amount of memory
claimed by the process |
Process Image Size |
size |
Size of the process image in Kbytes |
Signals
Received |
sigs |
Number of signals received |
Stopped Time |
stoptime |
Amount of time spent in the stopped state |
Swap
Operations |
swaps |
Number of swap operations in progress |
System Calls Made |
sysc |
Number of system calls made
over the last time interval |
System Page Fault Sleep Time |
kftime |
Amount of time spent
processing page faults |
System Trap Time |
ttime |
Amount of time spent processing system traps |
Text Page
Fault Sleep Time |
tftime |
Amount of time spent processing text page faults |
User Lock Wait
Sleep Time |
ltime |
Amount of time spent waiting for user locks |
User Mode Time |
utime |
Amount of
time spent in the user mode |
User and System Mode Time |
time |
The cumulative CPU
execution time |
Voluntary Context Switches |
vctx |
Number of voluntary context switches |
Wait CPU Time |
wtime |
Amount of time
spent waiting for CPU (latency) |
