acctadm(1M) System Administration Commands acctadm(1M)
NAME
acctadm - configure extended accounting facility
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/acctadm [-DEsrux] [-d resource_list]
[-e resource_list] [-f filename]
[task | process | flow | net]
DESCRIPTION
acctadm configures various attributes of the extended accounting facility. Without arguments, acctadm displays the current status of the
extended accounting facility.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-d resource_list
Disable reporting of resource usage for resource. Specify resource_list as a comma-separated list of resources or resource groups.
This option requires an operand. See OPERANDS.
-D
Disable accounting of the given operand type without closing the accounting file. This option can be used to temporarily stop writing
accounting records to the accounting file without closing it. To close the file use the -x option. See -x.
-e resource_list
Enable reporting of resource usage for resource. Specify resource_list as a comma-separated list of resources or resource groups.
This option requires an operand. See OPERANDS.
-E
Enable accounting of the given operand type without sending the accounting output to a file. This option requires an operand. See OPER-
ANDS.
-f filename
Send the accounting output for the given operand type to filename. If filename exists, its contents must be of the given accounting
type.
This option requires an operand. See OPERANDS.
-r
Display available resource groups.
When this option is used with an operand, it displays resource groups available for a given accounting type. When no operand is speci-
fied, this option displays resource groups for all available accounting types. See OPERANDS.
-s
Start method for the smf(5) instance. This option is used to restore the extended accounting configuration at boot.
-x
Deactivate accounting of the given operand type. This option also closes the accounting file for the given accounting type if it is
currently open.
This option requires an operand. See OPERANDS.
OPERANDS
The -d, -D, -e, -E, -f, and -x options require an operand.
The following operands are supported:
process
Run acctadm on the process accounting components of the extended accounting facility.
task
Run acctadm on the task accounting components of the extended accounting facility.
flow
Run acctadm on the IPQoS accounting components of the extended accounting facility.
net
Run acctadm on links and flows administered by dladm(1M) and flowadm(1M), respectively. Basic network accounting relates only to links,
while extended network accounting includes both link and flow accounting.
The optional final parameter to acctadm represents whether the command should act on the process, system task, IPQoS, or network accounting
components of the extended accounting facility.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Displaying the Current Status
The following command displays the current status. In this example, system task accounting is active and tracking only CPU resources.
Process and flow accounting are not active.
$ acctadm
Task accounting: active
Task accounting file: /var/adm/exacct/task
Tracked task resources: extended
Untracked task resources: host
Process accounting: inactive
Process accounting file: none
Tracked process resources: none
Untracked process resources: extended,host
Flow accounting: inactive
Flow accounting file: none
Tracked flow resources: none
Untracked flow resources: extended
Net accounting: inactive
Net accounting file: none
Tracked Net resources: none
Untracked Net resources: extended
Example 2 Activating Basic Process Accounting
The following command activates basic process accounting:
$ acctadm -e basic -f /var/adm/exacct/proc process
Example 3 Displaying Available Resource Groups
The following command displays available resource groups:
$ acctadm -r
process:
extended pid,uid,gid,cpu,time,command,tty,projid,
taskid,ancpid,wait-status,zone,flag,memory,mstate
basic pid,uid,gid,cpu,time,command,tty,flag
task:
extended taskid,projid,cpu,time,host,mstate,anctaskid,zone
basic taskid,projid,cpu,time
flow:
extended saddr,daddr,sport,dport,proto,dsfield,nbytes,npkts,
action,ctime,lseen,projid,uid
basic saddr,daddr,sport,dport,proto,nbytes,npkts,action
net:
extended name,devname,edest,vlan_tpid,vlan_tci,sap,cpuid,
priority,bwlimit,curtime,ibytes,obytes,ipkts,opks,ierrpkts
oerrpkts,saddr,daddr,sport,dport,protocol,dsfield
basic name,devname,edest,vlan_tpid,vlan_tci,sap,cpuid,
priority,bwlimit,curtime,ibytes,obytes,ipkts,opks,ierrpkts
oerrpkts
In the output above, the lines beginning with extended are shown with a backslash character. In actual acctadm output, these lines are dis-
played as unbroken, long lines.
Example 4 Displaying Resource Groups for Task Accounting
The following command displays resource groups for task accounting:
$ acctadm -r task
extended taskid,projid,cpu,time,host,mstate,anctaskid,zone
basic taskid,projid,cpu,time
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0
Successful completion.
The modifications to the current configuration were valid and made successfully.
1
An error occurred.
A fatal error occured either in obtaining or modifying the accounting configuration.
2
Invalid command line options were specified.
95
A fatal, non-configuration error occurred during the start of the smf(5) service instance.
96
A fatal configuration error occurred during the start of the smf(5) service instance.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Committed |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
dladm(1M), flowadm(1M), acct(2), attributes(5), smf(5), ipqos(7IPP)
NOTES
Both extended accounting and regular accounting can be active.
Available resources can vary from system to system, and from platform to platform.
Extended accounting configuration is stored in the service management facility (smf(5)) repository. The configuration is restored at boot
by a transient service instance, one per accounting type:
svc:/system/extended-accounting:flow Flow accounting
svc:/system/extended-accounting:process Process accounting
svc:/system/extended-accounting:task Task accounting
svc:/system/extended-accounting:net Network accounting
The instances are enabled or disabled by acctadm as needed. Configuration changes are made using acctadm; service properties should not be
modified directly using svccfg(1M).
Users can manage extended accounting (start accounting, stop accounting, change accounting configuration parameters) if they have the
appropriate RBAC Rights profile for the accounting type to be managed:
o Extended Accounting Flow Management
o Extended Accounting Process Management
o Extended Accounting Task Management
o Extended Accounting Network Management
The preceding profiles are for, respectively, flow accounting, process accounting, task accounting, and network accounting.
SunOS 5.11 17 Dec 2008 acctadm(1M)