Most people monitor RAM and SWAP, but the resulting figures are rather of academic interest, and alarm thresholds are even problematic.
More relevant is the sum of them, virtual memory (let's call it VMEM).
Here is a quick-and-dirty implementation:
We are trying to Monitor Unix via Window95/98 on an NT network. Is there anyone that could point us in the direction on software that runs in Windows on a Telnet connection that we could use to accomplish this? We have tried a program called Unix Watcher by Etasoft and can' get it to connect.
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I was given the task to write a shell script that must detect hardware problems on Unix Solaris and AIX servers. Problems that should be detected by this script are for example: abnormally high temperature or voltage etc...
So, does anyone know if that kind of information is logged in a... (2 Replies)
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The place I work for is about to to place there database server under heavy load for testing and would like the effect recorded as much as possible.
Can anyone point me in the right direction with respect to real time system monitoring. I am aware of of 'sar', vmstat etc and hope to... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I am trying to find a way to view current CPU and disk usage. I used to use nmon which worked fine but since an upgrade to our servers this is no longer available. I have tried to get it reinstalled to no avail!
Are there any other commands you can use within unix which will allow me... (4 Replies)
In the vmstat , there are many columns you can see. Can someone tell me what is the most important column that i
need to be watched on, and what value or average value should i watch inorder to determine that im experiencing
a cpu bottle neck. What should be my basis.
or if you use glance
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Guys,
I need a monitoring software for my Unix servers.
Over the last couple of years, the number has increased to well over 40 servers.
All have different applications running on them and it is impossible to go to everyone of them and do checks.
I was using Spotlight on Unix.
I was... (1 Reply)
This is my first post (yes I'm a newbie).... :D
I'm looking for a list of Linux and Unix commands for performance monitoring and a good sight or area on this site that would have man pages and or information on those commands.....
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I am planning to give a presentation on performance measure. I have decided to focus on the commands which are used to know the performance of the server. I have a idea of prstat,vmstat,netstat, and iostat. Could anybody suggest me any other commands which are used for perforamance... (7 Replies)
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Linux OS Version/Release:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga)
Linux <hostname> 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jun 23 10:52:51 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I have a server that hosts 30+ Oracle... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
pmdapostfix
PMDAPOSTFIX(1) Performance Co-Pilot PMDAPOSTFIX(1)NAME
pmdapostfix - Postfix performance metrics domain agent (PMDA)
DESCRIPTION
pmdapostfix is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which exports mail queue sizes as reported by qshape(1), as well as aggregate
statistics collected from mail.log.
INSTALLATION
If you want access to the names and values for the Postfix performance metrics, do the following as root:
# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/postfix
# ./Install
If you want to undo the installation, do the following as root:
# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/postfix
# ./Remove
pmdapostfix is launched by pmcd(1) and should never be executed directly. The Install and Remove scripts notify pmcd(1) when the agent is
installed or removed.
FILES
$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/postfix/Install
installation script for the pmdapostfix agent
$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/postfix/Remove
undo installation script for the pmdapostfix agent
$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/postfix.log
default log file for error messages from pmdapostfix
SEE ALSO pmcd(1) and qshape(1).
3.8.10 Performance Co-Pilot PMDAPOSTFIX(1)