prstat(1M)                                                                                                                              prstat(1M)

NAME

       prstat - report active process statistics

SYNOPSIS

       prstat  [-acJLmRtTv]  [-C  psrsetlist]  [-j  projlist]  [-k  tasklist] [-n ntop[,nbottom]] [-p pidlist] [-P cpulist] [-s key | -S key ] [-u
       euidlist] [-U uidlist] [-z zoneidlist] [-Z] [interval [count]]

       The prstat utility iteratively examines all active processes on the system and reports statistics based on the  selected  output  mode  and
       sort order. prstat provides options to examine only processes matching specified PIDs, UIDs, zone IDs, CPU IDs, and processor set IDs.

       The  -j, -k, -C, -p, -P, -u, -U, and -z options accept lists as arguments. Items in a list can be either separated by commas or enclosed in
       quotes and separated by commas or spaces.

       If you do not specify an option, prstat examines all processes and reports statistics sorted by CPU usage.

       The following options are supported:

       -a

           Report information about processes and users. In this mode prstat displays separate reports about processes and users at the same time.

       -c

           Print new reports below previous reports instead of overprinting them.

       -C psrsetlist

           Report only processes or lwps that are bound to processor sets in the given list. Each processor set is identified  by  an  integer  as
           reported by psrset(1M). The load averages displayed are the sum of the load averages of the specified processor sets (see pset_getload-
           avg(3C)). Processes with one or more LWPs bound to processor sets in the given list are reported even when the -L option is not used.

       -j projlist

           Report only processes or lwps whose project ID is in the given list. Each project ID can be specified as either a  project  name  or  a
           numerical project ID.  See project(4).

       -J

           Report information about processes and projects. In this mode prstat displays separate reports about processes and projects at the same
           time.

       -k tasklist

           Report only processes or lwps whose task ID is in tasklist.

       -L

           Report statistics for each light-weight process (LWP). By default, prstat reports only the number of LWPs for each process.

       -m

           Report microstate process accounting information. In addition to all fields listed in -v mode, this mode also includes  the  percentage
           of  time  the process has spent processing system traps, text page faults, data page faults, waiting for user locks and waiting for CPU
           (latency time).

       -n ntop[,nbottom]

           Restrict number of output lines. The ntop argument determines how many lines of process or lwp statistics are reported, and the nbottom
           argument  determines  how many lines of user, task, or projects statistics are reported if the -a, -t, -T, or -J options are specified.
           By default, prstat displays as many lines of output that fit in a window or terminal. When you specify the -c option or direct the out-
           put to a file, the default values for ntop and nbottom are 15 and 5.

       -p pidlist

           Report only processes whose process ID is in the given list.

       -P cpulist

           Report  only  processes  or  lwps which have most recently executed on a CPU in the given list. Each CPU is identified by an integer as
           reported by psrinfo(1M).

       -R

           Put prstat in the real time scheduling class. When this option is used, prstat is given priority over time-sharing and interactive pro-
           cesses. This option is available only for superuser.

       -s key

           Sort output lines (that is, processes, lwps, or users) by key in descending order. Only one key can be used as an argument.

           There are five possible key values:

           cpu

               Sort by process CPU usage. This is the default.

           pri

               Sort by process priority.

           rss

               Sort by resident set size.

           size

               Sort by size of process image.

           time

               Sort by process execution time.

       -S key

           Sort output lines by key in ascending order. Possible key values are the same as for the -s option. See -s.

       -t

           Report  total  usage summary for each user. The summary includes the total number of processes or LWPs owned by the user, total size of
           process images, total resident set size, total cpu time, and percentages of recent cpu time and system memory.

       -T

           Report information about processes and tasks. In this mode prstat displays separate reports about processes and tasks at the same time.

       -u euidlist

           Report only processes whose effective user ID is in the given list. Each user ID may be specified as either a login name or a numerical
           user ID.

       -U uidlist

           Report only processes whose real user ID is in the given list. Each user ID may be specified as either a login name or a numerical user
           ID.

       -v

           Report verbose process usage. This output format includes the percentage of time the process has spent in user mode,  in  system  mode,
           and  sleeping.  It  also  includes  the  number  of  voluntary and involuntary context switches, system calls and the number of signals
           received. Statistics that are not reported are marked with the - sign.

       -z zoneidlist

           Report only processes or LWPs whose zone ID is in the given list. Each zone ID can be specified as either a zone name  or  a  numerical
           zone ID. See zones(5).

       -Z

           Report  information  about  processes  and  zones. In this mode, prstat displays separate reports about processes and zones at the same
           time.

OUTPUT

       The following list defines the column headings and the meanings of a prstat report:

       PID

           The process ID of the process.

       USERNAME

           The real user (login) name or real user ID.

       SIZE

           The total virtual memory size of the process, including all mapped files and devices, in kilobytes (K),  megabytes  (M),  or  gigabytes
           (G).

       RSS

           The resident set size of the process (RSS), in kilobytes (K), megabytes (M), or gigabytes (G). The RSS value is an estimate provided by
           proc(4) that might underestimate the actual resident set size. Users who want to get more accurate usage information for capacity plan-
           ning should use the -x option to pmap(1) instead.

       STATE

           The state of the process:

           cpuN

               Process is running on CPU N.

           sleep

               Sleeping: process is waiting for an event to complete.

           run

               Runnable: process in on run queue.

           zombie

               Zombie state: process terminated and parent not waiting.

           stop

               Process is stopped.

       PRI

           The priority of the process. Larger numbers mean higher priority.

       NICE

           Nice value used in priority computation. Only processes in certain scheduling classes have a nice value.

       TIME

           The cumulative execution time for the process.

       CPU

           The percentage of recent CPU time used by the process. If executing in a non-global zone and the pools facility is active, the percent-
           age will be that of the processors in the processor set in use by the pool to which the zone is bound.

       PROCESS

           The name of the process (name of executed file).

       LWPID

           The lwp ID of the lwp being reported.

       NLWP

           The number of lwps in the process.

       With the some options, in addition to a number of the column headings shown above, there are:

       NPROC           Number of processes in a specified collection.

       MEMORY          Percentage of memory used by a specified collection of processes.

       The following columns are displayed when the -v or -m option is specified

       USR             The percentage of time the process has spent in user mode.

       SYS             The percentage of time the process has spent in system mode.

       TRP             The percentage of time the process has spent in processing system traps.

       TFL             The percentage of time the process has spent processing text page faults.

       DFL             The percentage of time the process has spent processing data page faults.

       LCK             The percentage of time the process has spent waiting for user locks.

       SLP             The percentage of time the process has spent sleeping.

       LAT             The percentage of time the process has spent waiting for CPU.

       VCX             The number of voluntary context switches.

       ICX             The number of involuntary context switches.

       SCL             The number of system calls.

       SIG             The number of signals received.

       Under the -L option, one line is printed for each lwp in the process and some reporting fields  show  the  values  for  the  lwp,  not  the
       process.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       count           Specifies  the  number of times that the statistics are repeated. By default, prstat reports statistics until a termination
                       signal is received.

       interval        Specifies the sampling interval in seconds; the default interval is 5 seconds.

       Example 1: Reporting the Five Most Active Super-User Processes

       The following command reports the five most active super-user processes running on CPU1 and CPU2:

       example% prstat -u root -n 5 -P 1,2 1 1

       PID   USERNAME  SIZE   RSS STATE  PRI  NICE      TIME  CPU PROCESS/LWP
        306   root     3024K 1448K sleep   58    0   0:00.00 0.3% sendmail/1
        102   root     1600K  592K sleep   59    0   0:00.00 0.1% in.rdisc/1
        250   root     1000K  552K sleep   58    0   0:00.00 0.0% utmpd/1
        288   root     1720K 1032K sleep   58    0   0:00.00 0.0% sac/1
          1   root      744K  168K sleep   58    0   0:00.00 0.0% init/1
       TOTAL:       25, load averages:  0.05, 0.08, 0.12

       Example 2: Displaying Verbose Process Usage Information

       The following command displays verbose process usage information about processes with lowest resident set sizes owned  by  users  root  and
       john.

       example% prstat -S rss -n 5 -vc -u root,john

        PID USERNAME USR SYS TRP TFL DFL LCK SLP LAT VCX ICX SCL SIG PROCESS/LWP
          1 root     0.0 0.0  -   -   -   -  100  -    0   0   0   0 init/1
        102 root     0.0 0.0  -   -   -   -  100  -    0   0   3   0 in.rdisc/1
        250 root     0.0 0.0  -   -   -   -  100  -    0   0   0   0 utmpd/1
       1185 john     0.0 0.0  -   -   -   -  100  -    0   0   0   0 csh/1
        240 root     0.0 0.0  -   -   -   -  100  -    0   0   0   0 powerd/4
        TOTAL:       71, load averages:  0.02, 0.04, 0.08

       The following exit values are returned:

       0               Successful completion.

       1               An error occurred.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE               |ATTRIBUTE VALUE              |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       proc(1), psrinfo(1M), psrset(1M), sar(1M), pset_getloadavg(3C), proc(4), project(4), attributes(5), zones(5)

       The  snapshot  of system usage displayed by prstat is true only for a split-second, and it may not be accurate by the time it is displayed.
       When the -m option is specified, prstat tries to turn on microstate accounting for each process; the original state is restored when prstat
       exits. See proc(4) for additional information about the microstate accounting facility.

       The  total  memory size reported in the SIZE and RSS columns for groups of processes can sometimes overestimate the actual amount of memory
       used by processes with shared memory segments.

                                                                    13 Sep 2005                                                         prstat(1M)