Virtual I/O Server Performance Advisor
The VIOS Performance Advisor tool provides advisory reports that are based on the key performance metrics on various partition resources that are collected from the VIOS environment.
Starting with Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) Version 2.2.2.0, you can use the VIOS Performance Advisor tool. Use this tool to provide health reports that have proposals for making configurational changes to the VIOS environment and to identify areas to investigate further. On the VIOS command line, enter the part command to start the VIOS Performance Advisor tool.
- On-demand monitoring mode
- Postprocessing mode
part –i 30
Reports for the on-demand monitoring mode are successfully
generated in the ic43_120228_06_15_20.tar
file.The output that is generated by the part command is saved in a .tar file, which is created in the current working directory. The naming convention for files in the on-demand monitoring mode is short-hostname_yymmdd_hhmmss.tar. In the postprocessing mode, the file name is that of the input file with the file name extension changed from an .nmon file to a .tar file.
Insufficient Data
message is added to the relevant
fields. For example, to generate a report based on the data available
in the ic43_120206_1511.nmon
file, enter the following
command:part -f ic43_120206_1511.nmon
Reports
for the postprocessing mode are successfully generated in the ic43_120206_1511.tar
file.