IBM AIX Monitoring

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Sightline Enterprise Data Management (EDM) is a powerful IT infrastructure monitoring and real-time analytics solution that provides maximum control over any IT environment. The Sightline™ Power Agent™ for IBM® AIX® Systems collects and reports performance data from all of the key components of the operating system, including process information. EDM enables IT teams to continuously monitor the entire system in real time in order to proactively predict performance issues and prevent unplanned downtime and data loss. Its highly interactive, visual tools are used to achieve results in minutes, accelerating discovery and investigation within any IT infrastructure.

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AIX Performance Metrics

Sightline EDM collects these specific IT performance metrics on IBM AIX systems:

CPU Statistics

Sightline provides global as well as per CPU statistics. Sightline reports types and rates of context switching globally as well as per process; which incurs system CPU cycles and diminishes the amount of CPU left for user processing.

Memory Statistics

These metrics include Space Utilization, Paging, and Swapping Statistics. Buffer Cache – The Buffer Cache is a block of memory where I/O’s are cached. This greatly enhances the performance of the disk I/O subsystem, but at the expense of available memory.

Disk Statistics

Sightline reports disk statistics provided by the kernel. Depending on the UNIX platform, they can include %Busy, Volume of Traffic, Wait Times, and Service Times, %Read, %Write, etc.

Network Statistics

Network statistics are collected at the controller level. Sightline collects Net Traffic Rates, Collisions (sign of network problems) and Resends (sign of controller problems), Number of Packets, Volume of Traffic, and TCP Stats, Input Packets/Sec, Output Packets/Sec, Collisions/Sec, IP Pkts Received/Sec.

File System

File systems can be mounted across physical disks. Their space on most UNIX systems is set and cannot be changed easily, so it is important to monitor their use.

Hypervisor

The hypervisor is the piece of firmware that provides the virtualization support for running LPARs and deals with assigning resources to LPARs.

TTY

TTY metrics record utilization of terminal lines. Sightline reports these rates in several forms.

Kernel Variables

This group contains user changeable metrics that affect how much memory the kernel will utilize with buffers and tables.

 

 

Process Level Data

Event data is used to monitor process-level utilization; for example:

    • Pid# – The Process Identification Number
    • Userid – The name of the User that owns this process
    • Taskname – The name of the process
    • Arguments – The arguments used when initiating the process
    • Usr% (User CPU utilization) – The amount of User CPU this process used during the sample interval. On a multi-processor machine this is the value of CPU usage for this process on all CPU’s
    • Sys% (System CPU utilization) – The amount of System CPU this process used during the sample interval. On a multi-processor machine this is the value of CPU usage for this process on all CPU’s
    • Cuser% (Child user CPU utilization) and Csys% (Child system CPU utilization) – The amount of User CPU and System CPU that children of this process used. You will only see values when a child of this process completes during the interval
    • Size K (Process size) – The amount of memory that this process is using in Kilobytes
    • Pri (Priority Level) – Level of Priority of the process
    • BRead and BWrite – The number of Block Reads and Writes done by this process during the interval
    • PgFlt – The number of Page Faults for this process during the interval

 

 

AIX Monitoring Metrics

Sightline EDM collects these specific IT infrastructure monitoring metrics on IBM AIX systems:

Box

Box Shared Partitions
Box Dedicated Partitions
Box Monitored Memory GB
Box Memory Available GB
Box Memory In-Use GB
Box Shared Processors
Box Dedicated Processors
Box Active Physical Processors
Box Available Physical Processors
Box Processors Donated
Box Processors Stolen
Box Shared Processors Busy
Box Dedicated Processors Busy

Buffer Cache

Buff Rd Act/Sec
Buff Rd Log/Sec
Buff Rd Phys/Sec
Buff Wr Act/Sec
Buff Wr Log/Sec
Buff Wr Phys/Sec

CPU Utilization

CPU % Idle [ ] CPU % System [ ] CPU % User [ ] CPU % Wait [ ] PCPU Consumed [ ] VCSW/Sec [ ] Phantom Interrupts/Sec [ ] CPU Clock Speed MHz [ ] MPC Interrupts [ ] Faults [ ] Entitled % Consumed
Available Pool

Disk Units

Disk % Busy [ ] Disk Blks/Sec [ ] Disk Blk Reads/Sec [ ] Disk Blk Writes/Sec [ ] Disk I/Os/Sec [ ] Disk Block Size [ ] Disk Avg Serv [ ] Disk Calc I/O Rate [ ]

FileSystem Info

FS GBytes Used [ ] FS GBytes Free [ ] FS SU GBytes Free [ ] FS MNodes Used [ ] FS MNodes Free [ ] FS Block Size [ ] FS Frag Size [ ] FS % Used [ ]

Hypervisor

CPU % Hypv
HYP Calls/Sec
HYP Remove/Sec
HYP Read/Sec
HYP Nclear Mod/Sec
HYP Page Init/Sec
HYP Clear Ref/Sec
HYP Protect/Sec
HYP Put Tce/Sec
HYP Xirr/Sec
HYP Eoi/Sec
HYP Ipi/Sec
HYP Cppr/Sec
HYP Asr/Sec
HYP Others/Sec
HYP Enter/Sec
HYP Cede/Sec
HYP Migrate/Sec
HYP Put Rtce/Sec
HYP Confer/Sec
HYP Prod/Sec
HYP Get Ppp/Sec
HYP Set Ppp/Sec
HYP Purr/Sec
HYP Pic/Sec
HYP Bulk Remove/Sec
HYP Send Crq/Sec
HYP Copy Rdma/Sec
HYP Get Tce/Sec
HYP Send Logical Lan/Sec
HYP Add Logical Lan Buf/Sec

Kernel Variables

AutoBoot Enabled
Buf Pool High Mark
Clists Allocated
Enable Disk I/O Hist
File Table Size
Full Core Enabled
Least Priv Enable
Max Process/User
Max Pg Out
Max System Thread
MBuff High Mark
Mem Scrub Enable
Min Pg Out
Process Table Size
Record Locks
Unix Clock Tick
Unix CPUs Configured
Unix CPUs
Unix Job Control
Unix Max Args
Unix Max Chld
Unix Max Ngroups
Unix Max Open
Unix Max Threads
Unix Page Size
Unix Saved IDs

LPAR

LPAR Capable
LPAR Enabled
LPAR Num
SPLPAR Capable
SPLPAR Enabled
SMT Capable
SMT Enabled
SMT Bound
SMT Threads/CPU
Entitled Capacity
Minimum Capacity
Maximum Capacity
Capacity Increment
Unalloc Capacity
Online VCPUs
Min VCPUs
Max VCPUs
Online LCPUs
Min LCPUs
Max LCPUs
PCPUs in Sys
Max PCPUs in Sys
PCPUs in Pool
Online Mem GByte
Min Mem GByte
Max Mem GByte
Memory Region
Variable Weight
Unalloc Weight
Dispatch Wheel
Dispatch Time
Pool Idle Time
Dispatch Latency
Group ID
Pool ID

LPARs

LPARs SPLPAR Enabled [ ] LPARs AIX Level [ ] LPARs SMT Enabled [ ] LPARs Capped [ ] LPARs Shared Memory Mode [ ] LPARs Donating [ ] LPARs Total Memory GB [ ] LPARs Memory In-Use GB [ ] LPARs Logical Processors [ ] LPARs CPU % User [ ] LPARs CPU % System [ ] LPARs CPU % Wait [ ] LPARs CPU % Idle [ ] LPARs Physical Processors Busy [ ] LPARs Entitlement Granted [ ] LPARs % Entitlement Consumed [ ]

Memory

Mem Free GByte
Mem Total GByte
Mem Used GByte
Mem Bad MByte
Mem PgSp Rsvd Blks MByte
Mem MaxPerm MByte
Mem MinPerm MByte
Mem NumPerm MByte
Mem TotalVmem MByte
Mem FreeVmem MByte
Mem PgF Rsvd Blks MByte
Mem % Free

Message Queue

Max KByte Msg Size
Max KBytes on Queue
Max Msg Queues
Msg KBytes Queued
Msg Queues Open
Msgs Queued

Name Cache

Dir Blks Read/Sec
Inode Gets/Sec
Inode Rds Path/Sec

Network

% Collisions [ ] Network Calc Pkt Rate [ ] Iface Collisions/Sec [ ] Input Errors/Sec [ ] Input Packets/Sec [ ] Input KBytes/Sec [ ] Output Errors/Sec [ ] Output Packets/Sec [ ] Output KBytes/Sec [ ] NIC Speed [ ] IP Frags Created/Sec
IP Frags Received/Sec
IP Pkts Delivered Here/Sec
IP Pkts Forwarded/Sec
IP Pkts Forwarded Local/Sec
IP Pkts Generated Here/Sec
IP Pkts Lost/Sec
IP Pkts Received/Sec
IP Pkts Unreachable/Sec
IPV6 Frags Created/Sec
IPV6 Frags Received/Sec
IPV6 Pkts Delivered Here/Sec
IPV6 Pkts Forwarded/Sec
IPV6 Pkts Generated Here/Sec
IPV6 Pkts Lost/Sec
IPV6 Pkts Received/Sec
IPV6 Pkts Unreachable/Sec
TCP Ack Only Pkts Sent/Sec
TCP Connects Accepted/Sec
TCP Connects Closed/Sec
TCP Connects Dropped/Sec
TCP Connections Established
TCP Connects Initiated/Sec
TCP Control Pkts Sent/Sec
TCP Data KBytes Sent/Sec
TCP Data KBytes Resent/Sec
TCP Data Pkts Sent/Sec
TCP Data Pkts Resent/Sec
TCP KBytes Rcv in Seq/Sec
TCP Keepalive Timeouts/Sec
TCP Persist Timeouts/Sec
TCP Pkts Sent/Sec
TCP Pkts Received/Sec
TCP Pkts Rcv in Seq/Sec
TCP Retrans Timeouts/Sec
TCP Out-of-order Pkts Rcv/Sec
TCP Out-of-order KBytes Rcv/Sec
UDP Badlen Errs/Sec
UDP Chksum Errs/Sec
UDP Full Socket Errs/Sec
UDP In PCB Cache Miss/Sec
UDP Input Pkts/Sec
UDP No Port Pkts/Sec
UDP Output Pkts/Sec
UDP Short Pkts/Sec

Power Agent Info

Power Agent ElapsedTime [ ] Power Agent SystemTime [ ] Power Agent UserTime [ ] Power Agent Uptime

Processes

Contx Swtch/Sec
Percent Time Run-Q Occ
Percent Time Swap-Q Occ
Procs Put Run-Q/Sec
Procs Put Swp-Q/Sec
Load Avg 1 Min
Load Avg 5 Min
Load Avg 15 Min

Process Info

Procs Total [ ]

Semaphores

Max Ops/Sema Call
Max Semaphores/Group
Max Undo/Process
Sema Entries In Use
Sema Exit Max Value
Sema Groups In Use
Sema Ops/Sec
Sema Max Value
Total Sema Groups
Undo Structure Size KB

Shared Memory

Max ShMem Seg Sz MB
Mix ShMem Seg Sz
ShMem IDs
ShMem MBytes Used
ShMem Segments Used

Swap

Swap Free GByte
Swap Total GByte
Swap Used GByte
Swap % Used

System Calls

Device Intrps/Sec
KChars Read/Sec
KChars Write/Sec
Syscalls/Sec
Sysforks/Sec
Sysexecs/Sec
Sysreads/Sec
Systraps/Sec
Syswrites/Sec
Ker Exits/Sec
Ker Proc Ovs/Sec
Ker Scheds/Sec
Remote Reads/Sec
Remote Cache Rds/Sec
Remote Writes/Sec
Remote Cache Writes/Sec
Software Interrupts/Sec

TTY

Mdm ITR/Sec
Rcv ITR/Sec
Xmt ITR/Sec
TTY CanQ Chs/Sec
TTY Raw Chs In/Sec
TTY Raw Chs Out/Sec

Time Zone

Time Zone
Time Zone Sign

UpTime

UpTime in Days

Users Logged On

User Logins

Virtual Memory Ops

Daemon Pg Examined/Sec
Backtracks/Sec
ExFod Pgs Created/Sec
Extend XPT Waits/Sec
Free Frame Waits/Sec
Pgs Paged In/Sec
Pgs Paged Out/Sec
I/Os Done/Sec
Lock Misses/Sec
Pending I/O Waits/Sec
Pg Faults/Sec
Pg Reclaims/Sec
Pgs Freed By Daemon/Sec
Pgs Swapped In/Sec
Pgs Swapped Out/Sec
Revs of Daemon Hand/Sec
Start I/Os/Sec
ZeroFod Pgs/Sec
File Pgs Paged In/Sec
File Pgs Paged Out/Sec

Workloads

% Sys [ ] % Usr [ ] % Cpu [ ] % Sys Global [ ] % Usr Global [ ] % Cpu Global [ ] % Mem [ ] Rss [ ] VMem [ ] PgFlt [ ] NThreads [ ] BRead [ ] BWrite [ ] KChar [ ] ShMem [ ] Total [ ] Messages Sent [ ] Messages Received [ ] Signals Rcvd [ ] Swaps [ ] VCSW [ ] ICSW [ ] Repage [ ] DVMem [ ] MaxRss [ ]

WPAR Workloads

WPAR Key [ ] WPAR Id [ ] Is System WPAR [ ] WPAR Online CPUs [ ] WPAR CPU Limit [ ] WPAR Mem Limit [ ] WPAR Entitled Capacity [ ] WPAR % Sys [ ] WPAR % Usr [ ] WPAR % Cpu [ ] WPAR % Sys Global [ ] WPAR % Usr Global [ ] WPAR % Cpu Global [ ] WPAR % Mem [ ] WPAR Rss GB [ ] WPAR VMem GB [ ] WPAR PgFlt [ ] WPAR NThreads [ ] WPAR BRead [ ] WPAR BWrite [ ] WPAR KChar [ ] WPAR ShMem [ ] WPAR Total [ ] WPAR Msgs Sent [ ] WPAR Msgs Rcvd [ ] WPAR Sigs Rcvd [ ] WPAR Swaps [ ] WPAR VCSW [ ] WPAR ICSW [ ] WPAR Repage [ ] WPAR DVMem GB [ ] WPAR MaxRss GB [ ]

Volume Group

VG Size(MB) [ ] VG Total PPs [ ] VG Free PPs [ ] VG PPsize(MB) [ ] Num LogicalVols [ ] Num PhysicalVols [ ]

Physical Volume

PV Size(MB)[ ] PV Total PPs [ ] PV Free PPs [ ] PP Size(MB) [ ] PV State [ ]

Expressions

CPU % Total Global
Array Max Svc Time
Array Busiest Disk
Array Fullest File System
Mem % Used
Mem % Free
Swap % Used
Swap % Free
Total Virtual Memory(GB)
Total Disk I/Os/Sec
Disk Total I/Os/Sec
Avg # Disk Blks/I/O [ ] Buff Rd Miss%
Buff Wr Miss%
Buff Rd Hit%
Buff Wr Hit%
Buff Hit%
Packets/Sec Total

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