Re: linux vmstat "steal" column

2010-05-08 Thread Alan Ackerman
Why do you want to know what CP is doing? There really isn't any way that I know of to find out. You could turn on various traces, and then write code to post-process those traces and see what CP is doing. (Or ask IBM to process them.) But unfortunately, turning on the traces would probably slow

Re: linux vmstat "steal" column

2010-05-07 Thread Shane G
Hopefully doing its job - servicing other guests. What are you asking ?. Linux metrics are from the perspective of Linux - and it has a heritage of a stand-alone O/S. It may think the cycles have been "stolen", others may disagree. Think of it as involuntary non-dispatch. Has to happen in any non

linux vmstat "steal" column

2010-05-06 Thread Dean, David (I/S)
Is there a way to see what CP is doing during "steals"? David M. Dean Information Systems BlueCross BlueShield Tennnessee - Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee E-mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/emai