OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual

Updated: 11 December 1998

OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual

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MONITOR PROCESSES

The MONITOR PROCESSES command initiates monitoring of the PROCESSES class, which displays information about all processes in the system.
In a multifile summary request, the classes CLUSTER and PROCESSES are ignored. If these classes are the only classes specified on the command line, MONITOR does not recognize them and displays a "no classes specified" error message.

Format

MONITOR PROCESSES

Command Qualifiers

/qualifier[,...]
One or more qualifiers as described in the Command Qualifier Descriptions section.

Classname Qualifiers

/TOPBIO
Specifies that a bar graph listing the top buffered I/O users be produced instead of the standard display and summary output. Values are expressed in units of buffered I/Os per second.
/TOPCPU
Specifies that a bar graph listing the top CPU time users be produced instead of the standard display and summary output. Values are expressed in units of clock ticks (10 milliseconds) per second.
/TOPDIO
Specifies that a bar graph listing the top direct I/O users be produced instead of the standard display and summary output. Values are expressed in units of direct I/Os per second.
/TOPFAULT
Specifies that a bar graph listing the top page faulting processes be produced instead of the standard display and summary output. Values are expressed in units of page faults per second.
/TOPRBS (VAX Only)
On OpenVMS VAX systems, specifies that a bar graph listing the top balance slot faulting processes be produced instead of the standard display and summary output. Values are expressed in units of balance slot faults per second.

Description

As illustrated in the examples, the PROCESSES display (and summary) formats are different from those of all other classes. The PROCESSES display provides the following information:

PID Process identifier as assigned by the system, in hexadecimal

STATE Process's scheduler state (see the description of the MONITOR STATES command for an explanation and a tabular summary of the STATES codes)

PRI Current (as opposed to base) priority of the process

NAME Process name

PAGES Number of shareable pages and total number of pages currently in use by the process

DIOCNT Cumulative direct I/O operations performed by the process since its creation; not displayed if the process is swapped out

FAULTS Cumulative page faults since the process was created; not displayed if the process is swapped out

CPU TIME Cumulative CPU time used by the process since its creation, in the format hours:minutes:seconds; not displayed if the process is swapped out

The top corners of the display contain the number of processes in the system and the time in days, hours, minutes, and seconds since the system was last booted. Processes that are swapped out are so noted.
If more processes are in the system than can be displayed on the terminal screen at once, the display consists of multiple screens. Screens are presented one at a time at intervals specified with the /VIEWING_TIME qualifier. The five /TOP bar graph displays provide the PID and process name of each of the top eight users.
As with the other bar graph displays, examples in the displays of top users are rounded to the nearest whole number. Up to eight processes with nonzero values are displayed. To be eligible for inclusion in the list of top users, a process must be present and swapped in at the beginning and end of the display interval. This eligibility requirement also applies to the beginning and ending of the entire period covered by a summary.
Note that only one of the displays of top users or the regular PROCESSES display can be selected in a single MONITOR request.

Examples

MONITOR> MONITOR/INPUT=PROCS.DAT/INTERVAL=6 PROCESSES

Process Count: 20 OpenVMS Monitor Utility Uptime: 1 23:26:10 PROCESSES on node SAMPLE 29-APR-1998 12:39:09 PID STATE PRI NAME PAGES DIOCNT FAULTS CPU TIME 00000081 HIB 16 SWAPPER 0/0 0 0 00:00:15.8 00000102 LEFO 4 SAMPLE1001 87/232 SWAPPED OUT 00000103 COM 4 SAMPLE1101 16/100 7127 51298 00:05:11.0 00000084 HIB 8 ERRFMT 64/174 2750 125 00:00:43.9 00000086 LEF 8 OPCOM 73/272 283 178 00:00:07.7 00000087 HIB 9 JOB_CONTROL 57/293 707 167 00:00:10.5 00000088 HIB 8 CONFIGURE 43/205 22 123 00:00:00.6 0000008A HIB 6 SYMBIONT_0001 5/56 50 617 00:03:15.1 0000008B HIB 8 JNLACP 75/580 15149 4922 00:21:51.1 0000008C HIB 8 NETACP 5/954 11 1057 00:25:06.8 0000008D HIB 5 EVL 7/56 44 34384 00:00:20.5 0000008E HIB 9 REMACP 5/54 13 107 00:00:01.3 00000112 COM 4 SAMPLE1601 45/111 13131 39992 00:06:39.1 0000011E CUR 9 SMITH 89/298 138 830 00:00:07.1

This example illustrates a PROCESSES display generated from the input file PROCS.DAT. One line is displayed for each process in the system. This display shows current values only---average, minimum, and maximum statistics are not available. Also for swapped-out processes, the words SWAPPED OUT replace the three rightmost items, because those items are not available for swapped-out processes. Because this example is a playback request, the system uptime displayed is that of the system at the time the MONITOR data was recorded.
Nondisplayable characters in process names are represented by periods.

MONITOR> MONITOR/INPUT=PROCS.DAT PROCESSES/TOPDIO
 
 



  
    
      

       
  
 
  
                           OpenVMS Monitor Utility 
                         TOP DIRECT I/O RATE PROCESSES 
                                 on node SAMPLE 
                              29-APR-1998 16:13:38 
 
                                     0         25        50        75       100 
                                     + - - - - + - - - - + - - - - + - - - - -+ 
 000000C7  SAMPLE0901            25  |********** 
                                     |         |         |         |          | 
 00000112  SAMPLE1601            17  |****** 
                                     |         |         |         |          | 
 00000102  SAMPLE1001            14  |***** 
                                     |         |         |         |          | 
 00000103  SAMPLE1101            12  |**** 
                                     |         |         |         |          | 
 00000080  NULL                  12  |**** 
                                     |         |         |         |          | 
 0000011E  SMITH                  4  |* 
                                     |         |         |         |          | 
 0000008C  NETACP                 1  | 
                                     |         |         |         |          | 
                                     | 
                                     + - - - - + - - - - + - - - - + - - - - -+

This example shows that the process SAMPLE0901, with a rate of 25 per second, was the top consumer of direct I/Os during the most recent interval between displays.

MONITOR RMS

The MONITOR RMS command initiates monitoring of the OpenVMS Record Management Services (OpenVMS RMS) statistics class for a specific file.

Format

MONITOR RMS

Command Qualifiers

/qualifier[,...]
One or more qualifiers as described in the Command Qualifier Descriptions section.

Classname Qualifiers

/ALL
Specifies that a table of all available statistics (current, average, minimum, and maximum) is to be included in the display and summary output. For summary output, this qualifier is the default for all classes; otherwise, it is the default for all classes except CLUSTER, MODES, PROCESSES, STATES, SYSTEM, and VECTOR.
/AVERAGE
Selects average statistics to be displayed in a bar graph for display and summary output.
/CURRENT
Selects current statistics to be displayed in a bar graph for display and summary output. The /CURRENT qualifier is the default for the CLUSTER, MODES, STATES, SYSTEM, and VECTOR classes.
/FILE=(file-name[,...])
Specifies a list of one or more files to which the MONITOR RMS command applies. If you include a node name as part of the file specification, MONITOR ignores the node name. Use the /NODE command qualifier to select specific nodes for MONITOR RMS requests. If you use the /NODE command qualifier to specify multiple nodes, the file must exist on all specified nodes. You can list up to 5,000 files. Do not specify wildcard characters.
/ITEM=(keyword[,...])
Selects one or more data items for inclusion in display and summary output. If you specify two or more keywords, enclose them in parentheses, and separate them with commas. When the /ITEM qualifier is omitted, the default is /ITEM=OPERATIONS.
The following table describes /ITEM qualifier keywords:

Keyword Description

OPERATIONS Specifies that RMS basic operations statistics are displayed for the selected file.

DATA_RATES Specifies that RMS data rate statistics are displayed for the selected file.

LOCKING Specifies that RMS locking statistics are displayed for the selected file.

CACHING Specifies that RMS caching statistics are displayed for the selected file.

/MAXIMUM
Selects maximum statistics to be displayed in a bar graph for display and summary output.
/MINIMUM
Selects minimum statistics to be displayed in a bar graph for display and summary output.

Keyword	Description
OPERATIONS	Specifies that RMS basic operations statistics are displayed for the selected file.
DATA_RATES	Specifies that RMS data rate statistics are displayed for the selected file.
LOCKING	Specifies that RMS locking statistics are displayed for the selected file.
CACHING	Specifies that RMS caching statistics are displayed for the selected file.

Description

When you enter the MONITOR RMS command, you must use the /FILE qualifier to specify an input file. MONITOR displays RMS statistics for the input file that you specify. MONITOR displays statistics only for the input file if statistics are enabled for the file, and the file is open. For information about enabling statistics for a file, refer to the SET FILE command in the OpenVMS DCL Dictionary and the OpenVMS Record Management Services Reference Manual.
The MONITOR RMS command generates RMS statistics of the following types:

Basic operations (produced by specifying the OPERATIONS item)
Data rates per operation (produced by specifying the DATA_RATES item)
File locking (produced by specifying the LOCKING item)
Caching (produced by specifying the CACHING item)

Basic operations statistics consist of the following data items:

Sequential $Get Call Rate
Keyed $Get Call Rate
RFA $Get Call Rate
Sequential $Find Call Rate
Keyed $Find Call Rate
RFA $Find Call Rate
Sequential $Put Call Rate
Keyed $Put Call Rate
$Read Call Rate
$Write Call Rate
$Update Call Rate
$Delete Call Rate
$Truncate Call Rate
$Extend Call Rate
$Flush Call Rate

Data rate statistics consist of the following data items:

Total $GET Call Rate
Bytes per $GET
Total $PUT Call Rate
Bytes Per $PUT
Total $UPDATE Call Rate
Bytes per $UPDATE
$READ Call Rate
Bytes per $READ
$WRITE Call Rate
Bytes per $WRITE
$TRUNCATE Call Rate
Blocks per $TRUNCATE
$EXTEND Call Rate
Blocks per $EXTEND

File locking statistics consist of the following data items:

New ENQ Rate
DEQ Rate
Converted ENQ Rate
Blocking AST Rate
Bucket Split Rate
Multi-Bucket Split Rate

Caching statistics consist of the following data items:

Local Cache Hit Percent
Local Cache Attempt Rate
Global Cache Hit Percent
Global Cache Attempt Rate
Global Buffer Read I/O Rate
Global Buffer Write I/O Rate
Local Buffer Read I/O Rate
Local Buffer Write I/O Rate

Note
Values produced by the MONITOR RMS command do not include I/Os generated by the recovery mechanisms of RMS Journaling.

For more information about OpenVMS RMS, OpenVMS RMS services, and file applications, refer to the OpenVMS Record Management Services Reference Manual, OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual, and the Guide to OpenVMS File Applications.

Example

MONITOR> MONITOR RMS /ITEM=OPERATIONS /FILE=SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]SYSUAF.DAT

OpenVMS Monitor Utility RMS FILE OPERATIONS on node SAMPLE 29-APR-1998 11:03:06 (Index) _$254$DUA213:[SYS0.SYSEXE]SYSUAF.DAT;2 Active Streams: 17 CUR AVE MIN MAX $GET Call Rate (Seq) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (Key) 4.30 2.15 0.00 6.76 (RFA) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $FIND Call Rate (Seq) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (Key) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (RFA) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $PUT Call Rate (Seq) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (Key) 0.20 0.14 0.00 0.30 $READ Call Rate 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $WRITE Call Rate 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $UPDATE Call Rate 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $DELETE Call Rate 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $TRUNCATE Call Rate 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $EXTEND Call Rate 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $FLUSH Call Rate 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

This example demonstrates the use of the MONITOR RMS command to generate basic operations statistics for the file SYSUAF.DAT.

MONITOR SCS

The MONITOR SCS command initiates monitoring of the System Communications Services (SCS) class.

Format

MONITOR SCS

Command Qualifiers

/qualifier[,...]
One or more qualifiers as described in the Command Qualifier Descriptions section.

Classname Qualifiers

/ALL
Specifies that a table of all available statistics (current, average, minimum, and maximum) is to be included in the display and summary output. For summary output, this qualifier is the default for all classes; otherwise, it is the default for all classes except CLUSTER, MODES, PROCESSES, STATES, SYSTEM, and VECTOR.
/AVERAGE
Selects average statistics to be displayed in a bar graph for display and summary output.
/CURRENT
Selects current statistics to be displayed in a bar graph for display and summary output. The /CURRENT qualifier is the default for the CLUSTER, MODES, STATES, SYSTEM, and VECTOR classes.
/ITEM=(keyword[,...])
Selects one or more data items for inclusion in display and summary output. If you specify two or more keywords, enclose them in parentheses, and separate them with commas. When the /ITEM qualifier is omitted, the default is /ITEM=KB_MAP. The following table describes /ITEM qualifier keywords.

Keyword Description

ALL Specifies that statistics on all data items collected for the disks are displayed on successive screens.

BUFFER_DESCRIPTOR Specifies that statistics on the queued-for-buffer-descriptor (on the local node) rate are displayed for each node.

D_DISCARD Specifies that datagram discard rate statistics are displayed for each node.

D_RECEIVE Specifies that datagram receive rate statistics are displayed for each node.

D_SEND Specifies that datagram send rate statistics are displayed for each node.

KB_MAP Specifies that kilobyte map rate statistics are displayed for each node.

KB_REQUEST Specifies that kilobyte request (via request datas) rate statistics are displayed for each node.

KB_SEND Specifies that kilobyte send (via send datas) rate statistics are displayed for each node.

M_RECEIVE Specifies that message receive rate statistics are displayed for each node.

M_SEND Specifies that message send rate statistics are displayed for each node.

REQUEST_DATA Specifies that request data (initiated on the local node) rate statistics are displayed for each node.

SEND_CREDIT Specifies that queued-for-send-credit (on the local node) rate statistics are displayed for each node.

SEND_DATA Specifies that send data (initiated on the local node) rate statistics are displayed for each node.

/MAXIMUM
Selects maximum statistics to be displayed in a bar graph for display and summary output.
/MINIMUM
Selects minimum statistics to be displayed in a bar graph for display and summary output.
/PERCENT

/NOPERCENT (default)
Controls whether statistics are expressed as percent values in display and summary output. The /PERCENT qualifier is applicable only to the DISK, MODES, SCS, and STATES classes.

Keyword	Description
ALL	Specifies that statistics on all data items collected for the disks are displayed on successive screens.
BUFFER_DESCRIPTOR	Specifies that statistics on the queued-for-buffer-descriptor (on the local node) rate are displayed for each node.
D_DISCARD	Specifies that datagram discard rate statistics are displayed for each node.
D_RECEIVE	Specifies that datagram receive rate statistics are displayed for each node.
D_SEND	Specifies that datagram send rate statistics are displayed for each node.
KB_MAP	Specifies that kilobyte map rate statistics are displayed for each node.
KB_REQUEST	Specifies that kilobyte request (via request datas) rate statistics are displayed for each node.
KB_SEND	Specifies that kilobyte send (via send datas) rate statistics are displayed for each node.
M_RECEIVE	Specifies that message receive rate statistics are displayed for each node.
M_SEND	Specifies that message send rate statistics are displayed for each node.
REQUEST_DATA	Specifies that request data (initiated on the local node) rate statistics are displayed for each node.
SEND_CREDIT	Specifies that queued-for-send-credit (on the local node) rate statistics are displayed for each node.
SEND_DATA	Specifies that send data (initiated on the local node) rate statistics are displayed for each node.

Description

The SCS class is a component class. Data items for this class are collected for each node in the cluster. The SCS class consists of the following data items:

Data Item Description

Datagram Send Rate Rate at which datagrams are sent to another node.

Datagram Receive Rate Rate at which datagrams are received from another node.

Datagram Discard Rate Rate at which datagrams are discarded.

Message Send Rate Rate at which sequenced messages are sent to another node. Sequenced messages are exchanged between nodes to communicate with mass storage control protocol (MSCP) disks and the lock manager.

Message Receive Rate Rate at which sequenced messages are received from another node. Sequenced messages are exchanged between nodes to communicate with MSCP disks and the lock manager.

Send Data Rate Rate at which block send datas are initiated on the local node.

Kbytes Send Rate Rate at which kilobytes are sent, as a result of send datas initiated on the local node.

Request Data Rate Rate at which request datas are initiated on the local node.

Kbytes Request Rate Rate at which kilobytes are received, as a result of request datas initiated on the local node.

Kbytes Map Rate Rate at which kilobytes are mapped for block transfers. This is a rough measure of the data transfer rate between the local node and a remote node. Before any transfer can take place, a buffer must be mapped. The size of the accumulated buffers that were mapped is displayed by the Kbytes Map Rate. If request datas or send datas are initiated on the local or a remote node, then the Kbytes Map Rate reflects the number of kilobytes actually transferred between the two nodes.

Send Credit Queued Rate Rate at which connections are queued for a send credit. A connection is queued for a send credit whenever all of the buffers that were allocated by the remote node have been used.

Buffer Descriptor Queued Rate Rate at which connections are queued for a buffer descriptor. A connection is queued for a buffer descriptor whenever all of the buffer descriptors have been allocated by the local node. You can increase the number of buffer descriptors allocated on the local system by adjusting the system parameter SCSBUFFCNT.

Data Item	Description
Datagram Send Rate	Rate at which datagrams are sent to another node.
Datagram Receive Rate	Rate at which datagrams are received from another node.
Datagram Discard Rate	Rate at which datagrams are discarded.
Message Send Rate	Rate at which sequenced messages are sent to another node. Sequenced messages are exchanged between nodes to communicate with mass storage control protocol (MSCP) disks and the lock manager.
Message Receive Rate	Rate at which sequenced messages are received from another node. Sequenced messages are exchanged between nodes to communicate with MSCP disks and the lock manager.
Send Data Rate	Rate at which block send datas are initiated on the local node.
Kbytes Send Rate	Rate at which kilobytes are sent, as a result of send datas initiated on the local node.
Request Data Rate	Rate at which request datas are initiated on the local node.
Kbytes Request Rate	Rate at which kilobytes are received, as a result of request datas initiated on the local node.
Kbytes Map Rate	Rate at which kilobytes are mapped for block transfers. This is a rough measure of the data transfer rate between the local node and a remote node. Before any transfer can take place, a buffer must be mapped. The size of the accumulated buffers that were mapped is displayed by the Kbytes Map Rate. If request datas or send datas are initiated on the local or a remote node, then the Kbytes Map Rate reflects the number of kilobytes actually transferred between the two nodes.
Send Credit Queued Rate	Rate at which connections are queued for a send credit. A connection is queued for a send credit whenever all of the buffers that were allocated by the remote node have been used.
Buffer Descriptor Queued Rate	Rate at which connections are queued for a buffer descriptor. A connection is queued for a buffer descriptor whenever all of the buffer descriptors have been allocated by the local node. You can increase the number of buffer descriptors allocated on the local system by adjusting the system parameter SCSBUFFCNT.

Example

MONITOR> MONITOR SCS

OpenVMS Monitor Utility SCS STATISTICS on node CURLEY 29-APR-1998 10:21:46 Kbytes Map Rate CUR AVE MIN MAX CURLEY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MOE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 LARRY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SHEMP 5.64 3.81 1.98 5.64

The command in this example requests that kilobyte map rate statistics collected for SCS be displayed for each node in the cluster. The display shows block transfer map activity between the node CURLEY and the hierarchical storage controller (HSC) SHEMP. Note that each node in the cluster is identified by its SCS node name.

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PID	Process identifier as assigned by the system, in hexadecimal
STATE	Process's scheduler state (see the description of the MONITOR STATES command for an explanation and a tabular summary of the STATES codes)
PRI	Current (as opposed to base) priority of the process
NAME	Process name
PAGES	Number of shareable pages and total number of pages currently in use by the process
DIOCNT	Cumulative direct I/O operations performed by the process since its creation; not displayed if the process is swapped out
FAULTS	Cumulative page faults since the process was created; not displayed if the process is swapped out
CPU TIME	Cumulative CPU time used by the process since its creation, in the format hours:minutes:seconds; not displayed if the process is swapped out