OK, great! That makes me feel a little better!
Thanks Terry -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Kern Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Bogus CPU utilization numbers from Linux Red Hat 4.6 I think that the discussion was that tools like PERFTK, ESAMON, CP IND USER show accurate numbers for what the whole virtual machine is using, and the the numbers from tools INSIDE a linux virtual machine such as TOP, SAR vary depending upon the level of the kernel, the distribution and the workload of the rest of the system. /Tom Kern Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) wrote: > Hi > > I saw something in one of the postings that stated that the CPU > utilization numbers that were reported in the z/VM Performance Toolkit > on behalf of a Red Hat 4.6 z/Linux guest were not correct. Is it only > the PTK that does not report the correct numbers or is it any monitor? > Do we know if the numbers reported are bogus on the high side or low > side? I am running z/VM 5.3 and the Linux Kernel is at 2.6.9-67. > > Thanks Terry
