We use Performance Toolkit with APPLDATA enabled, then from option 29 in Perf toolkit we get
Linux screens selection S Display Description . LINUX RMF PM system selection menu . LXCPU Summary CPU activity display . LXMEM Summary memory util. & activity display . LXNETWRK Summary network activity display Interval 02:11:28-08:44:10, on 2011/03/03 (CURRENT interval, select interim or average data) ______ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <------------------- Total CPU ---------------------------> <------------- Processes --------------> Linux Virt <---------------- Utilization (%) ------------------------> <---- Current -----> <-Average Running-> Nr of Userid CPUs TotCPU User Kernel Nice IRQ SoftIRQ IOWait Idle Stolen Runabl Waiting Total 1_Min 5_Min 15_Min Users >System< 2.0 4.4 2.3 1.9 .0 .0 .1 .9 193.2 1.6 >2.0 .0 434.5 .08 .15 .12 4 DLVOMG01 2 .4 .2 .2 .0 .0 .0 .2 198.8 .6 2 0 215 .00 .00 .00 Interval 02:11:28-08:44:10, on 2011/03/03 (CURRENT interval, select interim or average data) ______ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <------------ Memory Allocation (MB) -------------> <------- Swapping -------> <--- Pages/s ---> <-BlockIO-> Linux <--- Main ---> <--- High ---> Buffers Cache <-Space (MB)-> <-Pgs/sec-> Allo <-Faults--> <--kB/sec-> Nr of Userid M_Total %MUsed H_Total %HUsed Shared /CaFree Used S_Total %SUsed In Out cates Major Minor Read Write Users >System< 3516 98.2 .0 .0 .0 240.7 1855 1744 .1 >.000 .000 331.1 .000 916.1 43.57 37.53 4 DLVOMG01 2007 98.1 .0 .0 .0 225.7 1495 256.0 .0 .000 .000 103.1 .000 229.5 55.16 18.51 Regards, Tony ----- Original Message ---- From: Nick Warren <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 3 March, 2011 7:24:09 AM Subject: Re: Capacity Monitoring question Sorry, Didn't know protocol. Nick Warren - freelance consultant. New to z/VM - experience with AIX, HPUX, MVS, Windows. ________________________________ > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 20:43:35 +0000 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Capacity Monitoring question > To: [email protected] > > If you want help - you're gonna have to introduce yourself... > > Scott Rohling > > On Mar 2, 2011 12:22pm, new zvm wrote: > > I'm relative new to z/VM. I have a couple of z/VM LPARs runing Linux > guests and have more coming. > > > > > > > > What I'm wondering is this: > > > > > > > > What z/VM metrics are you monitoring and what thresholds do you use > as indicators that more capacity is needed - Specifically CPU and > Memory. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > New 2 zVM > > > > > > > > > > > >
