What kind of virtual machine? For something like Websphere, you could use Introscope. Velocity will tell you percentage of time spent running / i/o wait / page wait if you want to know from a VM view.
Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IBMVM] Tracking Hot Spots We have a situation where we need to discover what hot spots exist in specific virtual machines, where they are spending the most execution time, from outside the machines in question. Are there any tools that can do this type of monitoring? Turning on traces in the machines has been rejected because of the impact to the machines. Regards, Richard Schuh
