Performance metrics available in the GUI

The performance metrics defined in the performance tool helps to collect the performance data based on various aspects.

The following tables list the available metrics in each resource type and its descriptions. It also provides a mapping between the performance metrics in the GUI with the corresponding mmperfmon metric names.

Resource type - Network

The following table lists the performance metrics available for the resource type - Network.

Table 1. Performance metrics available for resource type - Network
Resource type and aggregation levels Sensor name Metric name in GUI Corresponding mmperfmon metric name Description Unit
Network – Node, Adapter, Adapter per node, Cluster1
Note: 1: The aggregation levels such as Node and Cluster consider the network traffic of network interfaces that is caused by the IBM Storage Scale system. This includes GPFS data traffic, GPFS administration traffic, and CES network traffic.
Network Throughput - Bytes received netdev_bytes_r Number of bytes of data received by the network interface. bytes/s
Throughput - Bytes sent netdev_bytes_s Number of bytes of data sent by the network interface. bytes/s
I/O - Packets received netdev_packets_r Number of packets received by the network interface. 1/s
I/O - Packets sent netdev_packets_s Number of packets sent by the network interface. 1/s
I/O - Compressed received netdev_compressed_r Number of compressed packets received by the device driver of the network interface. 1/s
I/O - Compressed sent netdev_compressed_s Number of compressed packets sent by the device driver of the network interface. 1/s
I/O - Multicast frames netdev_multicast_r Number of multicast frames received by the device driver of the network interface. 1/s
Errors - Collisions netdev_collisions Number of collisions detected on the network interface. 1/s
Errors - Carrier loss netdev_carrier Number of carrier losses detected on the network interface. 1/s
Errors - Drops received netdev_drops_r Number of incoming packets dropped by the network interface. 1/s
Errors - Drops sent netdev_drops_s Number of outgoing packets dropped by the device driver of the network interface. 1/s
Errors - Errors received netdev_errors_r Number of receive errors detected by the network interface. 1/s
Errors - Errors sent netdev_errors_s Number of send errors detected by the network interface. 1/s
Errors - FIFO receive error netdev_fifo_r Number of FIFO buffer errors reported while receiving data. 1/s
Errors - FIFO transmit error netdev_fifo_s Number of FIFO buffer errors reported while sending data. 1/s
Errors - Frame errors netdev_frames_r Number of packet framing errors reported while receiving data. 1/s

Resource type - Infiniband Network

The following table lists the performance metrics available for the resource type - Infiniband Network.

Table 2. Performance metrics available for resource type - Infiniband Network
Resource type and aggregation levels Sensor name Metric name in GUI Corresponding mmperfmon metric name Description Unit
Infiniband Network – Node, Adapter, Adapter per node, Cluster Infiniband Transmitted Data port_xmit_data Total number of data octets, which are divided by 4 (lanes), transmitted through all virtual lanes. 1/s
Received Data port_rcv_data Total number of data octets, which are divided by 4 (lanes), received on all virtual lanes. 1/s
Transmitted Packets port_xmit_packets Total number of packets that are transmitted through all virtual lanes from the port. This might include erroneous packets as well. 1/s
Received Packets port_rcv_packets Total number of packets that are received through all virtual lanes. This might include erroneous packets as well. 1/s
Received Packets with Errors port_rcv_errors Total number of erroneous packets that are received on the port. These errors include local physical errors an all physical errors, malformed data packet errors, and packets discarded due to buffer overrun. 1/s

Resource type - System Resources

The following table lists the performance metrics available for the resource type - System Resources.

Table 3. Performance metrics available for resource type - System Resources
Resource type and aggregation levels Sensor name Metric name in GUI Corresponding mmperfmon metric name Description Unit
System Resources – Node,Cluster CPU

Load

Memory

Rates - Context switches cpu_contexts Number of context switches across all CPU cores. 1/s
Usage - Nice cpu_nice Percentage of total CPU time spent in lowest-priority user processes. %
Usage - System cpu_system Percentage of CPU cycles used by the kernel. %
General - Inactive mem_inactive Inactive memory that is not accessed recently. MiB
Interrupts - Hardware cpu_hiq Percentage of total CPU cycles spent in serving hardware interrupts. %
General - Active anon mem_active_anon Active memory with no file association. That is, heap and stack memory. MiB
General - Cached mem_cached In-memory cache for file reads from the disk. Also known as page cache. This cache does not include the cache for the pages that are swapped back. MiB
General - Swap cached mem_swapcached In-memory cache for pages that are swapped back. MiB
General - Free mem_memfree Unused memory (RAM) in the system. MiB
General - Inactive file mem_inactive_file Inactive memory that is associated with a file, for example, page cache memory. MiB
General - Active mem_active Memory that is being used by a an active process. MiB
Rates - Interrupts cpu_interrupts Number of serviced CPU interrupts. 1/s
System Resources – Node,Cluster CPU

Load

Memory

General - Used mem_memfree / mem_memtotal Percentage of the used memory out of available memory. %
General - Buffers mem_buffers Memory used for critical system buffers. Buffer memory is the temporary storage used for raw disk blocks. MiB
Load - Load load1 The average number of processes in the run queue over the last 1 minute. This is just a number, so no unit
General - Active file mem_active_file Active memory that is associated with a file, for example, page cache memory. MiB
Usage - User cpu_user Percentage of total CPU time spent in normal priority user processes. %
Usage - Usage cpu_idle Percentage of CPU capacity used by all processes. %
Interrupts - Software cpu_siq Percentage of total CPU cycles spent in serving software interrupts. %
Usage - I/O wait cpu_iowait Percentage of total CPU cycles spent in waiting for I/O to complete. %
Usage - Idle cpu_idle Percentage of CPU cycles that is left unused. %
General - Inactive anon mem_inactive_anon Inactive heap and stack memory with no file association. MiB

Resource type - NSD Server

The following table lists the performance metrics available for the resource type - NSD Server.

Table 4. Performance metrics available for resource type - NSD Server
Resource type and aggregation levels Sensor name Metric name in GUI Corresponding mmperfmon metric name Description Unit
NSD Server - NSD, Node, Cluster GPFSNSDDisk Throughput - Bytes read gpfs_nsdds_bytes_read Number of bytes of data reads from all the NSD disks that are attached to the node. bytes/s
Throughput - Bytes written gpfs_nsdds_bytes_written Number of bytes of data written to all the NSD disks that are attached to the node. bytes/s
Throughput - Read ops gpfs_nsdds_read_ops Number of read operations from all NSD disks. ops/s
Throughput - Write ops gpfs_nsdds_write_ops Number of write operations to all NSD disks. ops/s
Latency - Avg disk wait r gpfs_nsdds_tot_disk_wait_rd / gpfs_nsdds_read_ops Average NSD disk wait time per read operation. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Avg disk wait w gpfs_nsdds_tot_disk_wait_wr / gpfs_nsdds_write_ops Average NSD disk wait time per write operation. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Min disk wait r gpfs_nsdds_min_disk_wait_rd The shortest time spent waiting for an NSD disk read operation. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Min disk wait w gpfs_nsdds_min_disk_wait_wr The shortest time spent waiting for a write operation on the NSD disk. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Max disk wait r gpfs_nsdds_max_disk_wait_rd The longest time between an NSD disk read operation initialization and the completion of that operation. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Max disk wait w gpfs_nsdds_max_disk_wait_wr The longest time between an NSD disk read operation initialization and the completion of that operation. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Avg queue wait r gpfs_nsdds_tot_queue_wait_rd / gpfs_nsdds_read_ops Average queue wait per read operation from NSD disks. s (ns, ms, us)
NSD Server - NSD, Node, Cluster GPFSNSDDisk Latency - Avg queue wait w gpfs_nsdds_tot_queue_wait_wr / gpfs_nsdds_write_ops Average queue wait per write operation to the NSD disks. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Min queue wait r gpfs_nsdds_min_queue_wait_rd Minimum queue wait per read operation from the NSD disks. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Min queue wait w gpfs_nsdds_min_queue_wait_wr Minimum queue wait per write operation to the NSD disks. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Max queue wait r gpfs_nsdds_max_queue_wait_rd Maximum queue wait per read operation from the NSD disks. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Max queue wait w gpfs_nsdds_max_queue_wait_wr Maximum queue wait per write operation to the NSD disks. s (ns, ms, us)
NSD Server - File System, Pool GPFSNSDDisk Throughput - Bytes gpfs_nsdfs_bytes_read Number of bytes read in the NSD disks that are aggregated to the file system. bytes/s
Throughput - Bytes written gpfs_nsdfs_bytes_written Number bytes written in the NSD disks that are aggregated to the file system. bytes/s
Throughput - Read ops gpfs_nsdfs_read_ops Number of read operations in the NSD disks that are aggregated to the file system. ops/s
Throughput - Write ops gpfs_nsdfs_write_ops Number of write operations in the NSD disks that are aggregated to the file system. ops/s

Resource type - IBM Storage Scale Client

The following table lists the performance metrics available for the resource type - IBM Storage Scale Client.

Table 5. Performance metrics available for resource type - IBM Storage Scale Client
Resource type and aggregation levels Sensor name Metric name in GUI Corresponding mmperfmon metric name Description Unit
IBM Storage Scale Client - File System GPFSFilesystem

GPFSVFS

GPFSFilesystemAPI

Note: Starting with IBM Storage Scale 5.1.0, the GPFSVFSX sensor replaces the GPFSVFS sensor and it is enabled by default on new installations. When the GPFSVFSX sensor is enabled, the GUI uses the gpfs_vfsx_ metrics instead of the gpfs_vfs_ metrics. For example, gpfs_vfsx_create is used instead of gpfs_vfs_create.
Throughput - Bytes read gpfs_fis_bytes_read Total number of bytes read from both disk and cache. bytes/s
Throughput - Bytes written gpfs_fis_bytes_written Total number of bytes written to both disk and cache. bytes/s
Throughput - Read ops gpfs_fis_read_calls Number of read operations on all mounted file systems of IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Throughput - Write ops gpfs_fis_write_calls Number of write operations on all mounted file systems of IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Avg disk wait r gpfs_fs_tot_disk_wait_rd / gpfs_fs_read_ops Average disk wait time per read operation on the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Avg disk wait w gpfs_fs_tot_disk_wait_wr / gpfs_fs_write_ops Average disk wait time per write operation on the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Min disk wait r gpfs_fs_min_disk_wait_rd The shortest time spent in waiting for a disk read operation in the mounted file systems of IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Min disk wait w gpfs_fs_min_disk_wait_wr The shortest time spent in waiting for a write operation in the mounted file systems of IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Max disk wait r gpfs_fs_max_disk_wait_rd The longest time between a read operation initialization and the completion of that operation in the file systems of IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Max disk wait w gpfs_fs_max_disk_wait_wr The longest time between a write operation initialization and the completion of that operation in the mounted file systems of IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Avg queue wait r gpfs_fs_tot_queue_wait_rd / gpfs_fs_read_ops Average queue wait per read operation on the mounted file systems of IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Avg queue wait w gpfs_fs_tot_queue_wait_wr / gpfs_fs_write_ops Average queue wait per write operation on the mounted file system of IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Min queue wait r gpfs_fs_min_queue_wait_rd The shortest time a disk read operation is queued to complete that operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Min queue wait w gpfs_fs_min_queue_wait_wr The shortest time a disk write operation is queued to complete that operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Max queue wait r gpfs_fs_max_queue_wait_rd The longest time a disk read operation is queued to complete that operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Max queue wait w gpfs_fs_max_queue_wait_wr The longest time a disk write operation is queued to complete that operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
IBM Storage Scale Client - Nodes GPFSFilesystem

GPFSVFS

GPFSFilesystemAPI

Latency - Rename gpfs_vfs_rename_t / gpfs_vfs_rename Average latency of rename operations per node in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Readdir gpfs_fis_readdir_calls Number of readdir operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Link gpfs_vfs_link Number of link operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Avg disk wait w gpfs_fs_tot_disk_wait_wr / gpfs_fs_write_ops Average disk wait time per write operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Write gpfs_vfs_write Number of write operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Listxattr gpfs_vfs_listxattr Number of listxattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Setattr gpfs_vfs_setattr Number of setattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Mknod gpfs_vfs_mknod_t / gpfs_vfs_mknod Average latency of mknod operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Tsfsattr gpfs_vfs_tsfsattr Number of tsfsattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Remove gpfs_vfs_remove Number of remove operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Mmapwrite gpfs_vfs_mmapwrite Number of mmapwrite operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Tsfsattr gpfs_vfs_tsfsattr_t/gpfs_vfs_tsfsattr Average latency of tsfsattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - GetParent gpfs_vfs_getParent Number of getParent operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Max queue wait r gpfs_fs_max_queue_wait_rd Maximum queue wait per read operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
IBM Storage Scale Client - Nodes GPFSFilesystem

GPFSVFS

GPFSFilesystemAPI

Operations - Symlink gpfs_vfs_symlink Number of symlink operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Readlink gpfs_vfs_readlink_t / gpfs_vfs_readlink Average latency of readlink operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Lockctl gpfs_vfs_lockctl_t / gpfs_vfs_lockctl Average latency of lockctl operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Getxattr gpfs_vfs_getxattr_t / gpfs_vfs_getxattr Average latency of getxattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Min queue wait w gpfs_fs_min_queue_wait_wr Minimum queue wait per write operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Ftrunc gpfs_vfs_ftrunc_t / gpfs_vfs_ftrunc Average latency of ftrunc operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Fsync gpfs_vfs_fsync Number of fsync operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Sync gpfs_vfs_sync_t / gpfs_vfs_sync Average latency of sync operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Mkdir gpfs_vfs_mkdir_t / gpfs_vfs_mkdir Average latency of mkdir operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - GetDentry gpfs_vfs_getDentry_t / gpfs_vfs_getDentry Average latency of getDentry operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Aiowrite gpfs_vfs_aiowrite Number of aiowrite operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Getattr gpfs_vfs_getattr_t / gpfs_vfs_getattr Average latency of getattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Read gpfs_vfs_read Number of read operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Max disk wait r gpfs_fs_max_disk_wait_rd Maximum disk wait time per read operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
IBM Storage Scale Client - Nodes GPFSFilesystem

GPFSVFS

GPFSFilesystemAPI

Latency - Read gpfs_vfs_read_t / gpfs_vfs_read Average latency of read operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Create gpfs_vfs_create Number of create operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - MapLloff gpfs_vfs_mapLloff Number of mapLloff operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Mount gpfs_vfs_mount_t / gpfs_vfs_mount Average latency of mount operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Close gpfs_vfs_close_t / gpfs_vfs_close Average latency of close operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Aiowrite gpfs_vfs_aiowrite_t / gpfs_vfs_aiowrite Average latency of aiowrite operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Readlink gpfs_vfs_readlink Number of readlink operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Statfs gpfs_vfs_statfs Number of statfs operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - GetParent gpfs_vfs_getParent_t / gpfs_vfs_getParent Average latency of getParent operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Flock gpfs_vfs_flock_t / gpfs_vfs_flock Average latency of flock operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Lockctl gpfs_vfs_lockctl Number of lockctl operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Write gpfs_vfs_write_t / gpfs_vfs_write Average latency of write operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Aioread gpfs_vfs_aioread_t / gpfs_vfs_toreador Average latency of aioread operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Tsfattr gpfs_vfs_tsfattr_t / gpfs_vfs_tsfattr Average latency of tsfattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
IBM Storage Scale Client - Nodes GPFSFilesystem

GPFSVFS

GPFSFilesystemAPI

Latency - Statfs gpfs_vfs_statfs_t / gpfs_vfs_statfs Average latency of statfs operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Readpage gpfs_vfs_readpage Number of readpage operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Rmdir gpfs_vfs_rmdir Number of rmdir operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Close gpfs_fis_close_calls Number of close() call requests serviced by the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Fsync range gpfs_vfs_fsyncRange Number of fsync range operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - EncodeFh gpfs_vfs_encodeFh_t / gpfs_vfs_encodeFh Average latency of encodeFh operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Create gpfs_vfs_create_t / gpfs_vfs_create Average latency of create operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Rename gpfs_vfs_rename Number of rename operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Tsfattr gpfs_vfs_tsfattr Number of tsfattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Symlink gpfs_vfs_symlink_t / gpfs_vfs_symlink Average latency of symlink operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Avg queue wait w gpfs_fs_tot_queue_wait_wr / gpfs_fs_write_ops Average queue wait per write operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Getxattr gpfs_vfs_getxattr Number of getxattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Throughput - Write ops gpfs_fs_write_ops Number of write operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Fsync gpfs_vfs_fsync_t / gpfs_vfs_fsync Average latency of fsync operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
IBM Storage Scale Client - Nodes GPFSFilesystem

GPFSVFS

GPFSFilesystemAPI

Latency - Setattr gpfs_vfs_setattr_t / gpfs_vfs_setattr Average latency of setattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us
Operations - Getattr gpfs_vfs_getattr Number of getattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Accesses gpfs_vfs_accesses Number of accesses operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Sync gpfs_vfs_sync Number of sync operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Lookup gpfs_vfs_lookup_t / gpfs_vfs_lookup Average latency of lookup operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Open   Count of open() call requests serviced by the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Setxattr gpfs_vfs_setxattr Number of setxattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Setacl gpfs_vfs_setacl Number of setacl operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Max queue wait w gpfs_fs_max_queue_wait_wr Maximum queue wait per write operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Unmap gpfs_vfs_unmap Number of unmap operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Mkdir gpfs_vfs_mkdir Number of mkdir operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - MapLloff gpfs_vfs_mapLloff_t / gpfs_vfs_mapLloff Average latency of mapLloff operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Readdir gpfs_vfs_readdir_t / gpfs_vfs_readdir Average latency of readdir operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Vget gpfs_vfs_vget_t / gpfs_vfs_vget Average latency of vget operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
IBM Storage Scale Client - Nodes GPFSFilesystem

GPFSVFS

GPFSFilesystemAPI

Latency - Min disk wait r gpfs_fs_min_disk_wait_rd Minimum disk wait time per read operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Throughput - Bytes read gpfs_fs_bytes_read Bytes of data read in the IBM Storage Scale client. bytes/s
Operations - Clear gpfs_vfs_clear Number of clear operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Mknod gpfs_vfs_mknod Number of mknod operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Writepage gpfs_vfs_writepage_t / gpfs_vfs_writepage Average latency of writepage operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - GetDentry gpfs_vfs_getDentry Number of getDentry operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Mmapread gpfs_vfs_mmapread Number of mmapread operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Throughput - Read ops gpfs_fs_read_ops Number of read operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Writepage gpfs_vfs_writepage Number of writepage operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Removexattr gpfs_vfs_removexattr Number of removexattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Throughput - Bytes written gpfs_fs_bytes_written Bytes of data written in the IBM Storage Scale client. bytes/s
Operations - Lookup gpfs_vfs_lookup Number of lookup operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Mmapread gpfs_vfs_mmapread_t / gpfs_vfs_mmapread Average latency of mmapread operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Clear gpfs_vfs_clear_t / gpfs_vfs_clear Average latency of clear operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
IBM Storage Scale Client - Nodes GPFSFilesystem

GPFSVFS

GPFSFilesystemAPI

Latency - Fsync range gpfs_vfs_fsyncRange_t / gpfs_vfs_fsyncRange Average latency of fsync range operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Flock gpfs_vfs_flock Number of flock operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - DecodeFh gpfs_vfs_decodeFh Number of decodeFh operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Ftrunc gpfs_vfs_ftrunc Number of ftrunc operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Setxattr gpfs_vfs_setxattr_t / gpfs_vfs_setxattr Average latency of setxattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - EncodeFh gpfs_vfs_encodeFh Number of encodeFh operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Readpage gpfs_vfs_readpage_t / gpfs_vfs_readpage Average latency of readpage operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Link gpfs_vfs_link_t / gpfs_vfs_link Average latency of link operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Avg queue wait r gpfs_fs_tot_queue_wait_rd/ gpfs_fs_read_ops Average queue wait per read operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Min queue wait r gpfs_fs_min_queue_wait_rd Minimum queue wait per read operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Vget gpfs_vfs_vget Number of vget operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Operations - Aioread gpfs_vfs_aioread Number of aioread operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Avg disk wait r gpfs_fs_tot_disk_wait_rd / gpfs_fs_read_ops Average disk wait time per read operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Max disk wait w gpfs_fs_max_disk_wait_wr Maximum disk wait time per write operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
IBM Storage Scale Client - Nodes GPFSFilesystem

GPFSVFS

GPFSFilesystemAPI

Latency - Setacl gpfs_vfs_setacl_t / gpfs_vfs_setacl Average latency of setacl operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Unmap gpfs_vfs_unmap_t / gpfs_vfs_unmap Average latency of unmap operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Rmdir gpfs_vfs_rmdir_t / gpfs_vfs_rmdir Average latency of rmdir operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Removexattr gpfs_vfs_removexattr_t / gpfs_vfs_removexattr Average latency of removexattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Mount gpfs_vfs_mount Number of mount operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. ops/s
Latency - Mmapwrite gpfs_vfs_mmapwrite_t / gpfs_vfs_mmapwrite Average latency of mmapwrite operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Open gpfs_vfs_open / gpfs_vfs_open_t Average latency of open operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - DecodeFh gpfs_vfs_decodeFh_t / gpfs_vfs_decodeFh Average latency of decodeFh operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Remove gpfs_vfs_remove_t / gpfs_vfs_remove Average latency of remove operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Listxattr gpfs_vfs_listxattr_t / gpfs_vfs_listxattr Average latency of listxattr operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Min disk wait w gpfs_fs_min_disk_wait_wr Minimum disk wait time per write operation in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Accesses gpfs_vfs_accesses_t / gpfs_vfs_accesses Average latency of accesses operations in the IBM Storage Scale client. s (ns, ms, us)

Resource type - NFS

The following table lists the performance metrics available for the resource type - NFS.

Table 6. Performance metrics available for resource type - NFS
Resource type and aggregation levels Sensor name Metric name in GUI Corresponding mmperfmon metric name Description Unit
NFS – Node, Cluster, Export NFSIO Throughput - Read nfs_read Number of bytes transferred in NFS read operations. bytes/s
Throughput - Write nfs_write Number of bytes transferred in NFS write operations. bytes/s
Throughput - V3 Read nfs_read Number of bytes transferred in NFSv3 read operations. bytes/s
Throughput - V3 Write nfs_write Number of bytes transferred in NFSv3 write operations. bytes/s
Throughput - V4 Read nfs_read Number of bytes transferred in NFSv4 read operations. bytes/s
Throughput - V4 Write nfs_write Number of bytes transferred in NFSv4 write operations. bytes/s
Latency - Read processing nfs_read_lat / nfs_read_ops Time taken for NFS read operations. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Write processing nfs_write_lat / nfs_write_ops Time taken for NFS write operations. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - V3 Read processing nfs_read_lat / nfs_read_ops Time taken for NFSv3 read operations. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - V3 Write processing nfs_write_lat / nfs_write_ops Time taken for NFSv3 write operations. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - V4 Read processing nfs_read_lat / nfs_read_ops Time taken for NFSv4 read operations. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - V4 Write processing nfs_write_lat / nfs_write_ops Time taken for NFSv4 write operations. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Read queue wait nfs_read_queue / nfs_read_ops Time spent in the rpc wait queue for the NFS read operations. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - Write queue wait nfs_write_queue / nfs_write_ops Time spent in the rpc wait queue for the NFS write operations. s (ns, ms, us)
NFS – Node, Cluster, Export NFSIO Latency - V3 Read queue wait nfs_read_queue / nfs_read_ops Time spent in the rpc wait queue for the NFSv3 read operations. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - V3 Write queue wait nfs_write_queue / nfs_write_ops Time spent in the rpc wait queue for the NFSv3 write operations. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - V4 Read queue wait nfs_read_queue / nfs_read_ops Time spent in the rpc wait queue for the NFSv4 read operations. s (ns, ms, us)
Latency - V4 Write queue wait nfs_write_queue / nfs_write_ops Time spent in the rpc wait queue for the NFSv4 write operations. s (ns, ms, us)
Operations - Read IOPS nfs_read_ops Number of NFS read operations. ops/s
Operations - Write IOPS nfs_write_ops Number of NFS write operations. ops/s
Operations - V3 Read IOPS nfs_read_ops Number of NFSv3 read operations. ops/s
Operations - V3 Write IOPS nfs_write_ops Number of NFSv3 write operations. ops/s
Operations - V4 Read IOPS nfs_read_ops Number of NFSv4 read operations. ops/s
Operations - V4 Write IOPS nfs_write_ops Number of NFSv4 write operations. ops/s
Operations - Read errors nfs_read_err Number of erroneous NFS read operations. ops/s
Operations - Write errors nfs_write_err Number of erroneous NFS write operations. ops/s
Operations - V3 Read errors nfs_read_err Number of erroneous NFSv3 read operations. ops/s
Operations - V3 Write errors nfs_write_err Number of erroneous NFSv3 write operations. ops/s
NFS – Node, Cluster, Export NFSIO Operations - V4 Read errors nfs_read_err Number of erroneous NFSv4 read operations. ops/s
Operations - V4 Write errors nfs_write_err Number of erroneous NFSv4 write operations. ops/s
Throughput - Read requested nfs_read_req Number of bytes requested for NFS read operations. bytes/s
Throughput - Write requested nfs_write_req Number of bytes requested for NFS write operations. bytes/s
Throughput - V3 Read requested nfs_read_req Number of bytes requested for NFSv3 read operations. bytes/s
Throughput - V3 Write requested nfs_write_req Number of bytes requested for NFSv3 write operations. bytes/s
Throughput - V4 Read requested nfs_read_req Number of bytes requested for NFSv4 read operations. bytes/s
Throughput - V4 Write requested nfs_write_req Number of bytes requested for NFSv4 write operations. bytes/s

Resource type - SMB

The following table lists the performance metrics available for the resource type - SMB.

Table 7. Performance metrics available for resource type - SMB
Resource type and aggregation levels Sensor names Metric name in GUI Corresponding mmperfmon metric name Description Unit
SMB – Node, Cluster SMBStats

SMBGlobalStats

SMB Overall - Connect connect_count Number of connections made since the initialization of parent smbd process. Number; so no units.
SMB Overall - Disconnect disconnect_count Number of connections closed since the initialization of parent smbd process. Number; so no units.
SMB Overall - CPU user cpu_user_time The percentage of CPU availed by the users. The user time is determined by the get_rusage system calls. %
SMB Overall - CPU system cpu_system_time The percentage of CPU availed for the system operations. The system time is determined by the get_rusage system call. %
SMB Overall - Request count request_count Number of SMB requests since the initialization. Number; so no units.
Create - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB create request. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Create - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB create request. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Create - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB create request is called. ops/s
Create - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB create requests. s (ns, ms, us)
Close - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB close request. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Close - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB close request. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Close - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB close request is called. ops/s
Close - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB close requests. s (ns, ms, us)
Flush - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB flush request. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
SMB – Node, Cluster SMBStats

SMBGlobalStats

Flush - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB flush request. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Flush - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB flush request is called. ops/s
Flush - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB flush requests. s (ns, ms, us)
Read - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB read requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Read - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB read requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Read - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB read request is called. ops/s
Read - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB read requests. s (ns, ms, us)
Write - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB write requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Write - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB write requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Write - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB write request is called. ops/s
Write - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB write requests. s (ns, ms, us)
Negprot - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB negprot requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Negprot - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB negprot requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Negprot - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB negprot request is called. ops/s
SMB – Node, Cluster SMBStats

SMBGlobalStats

Negprot - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB negprot requests. s (ns, ms, us)
Sesssetup – Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB sesssetup requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Sesssetup - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB sesssetup requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Sesssetup - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB sesssetup request is called. ops/s
Sesssetup - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB sesssetup requests. s (ns, ms, us)
Logoff - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB logoff requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Logoff - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB logoff requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Logoff - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB logoff request is called. ops/s
Logoff - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB logoff requests. s (ns, ms, us)
Tcon - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB Tcon requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Tcon - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB Tcon requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Tcon - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB Tcon request is called. ops/s
Tcon - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB Tcon requests. ops/s
Tdis - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB Tdis requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
SMB – Node, Cluster SMBStats

SMBGlobalStats

Tdis - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB Tdis requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Tdis - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB Tdis request is called. ops/s
Tdis - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB Tdis requests. s (ns, ms, us)
Lock - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB lock requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Lock - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB lock requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Lock - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB lock request is called. ops/s
Lock - Latency op_time Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB lock requests. bytes/s
IOCtl - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB IOCtl requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
IOCtl - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB IOCtl requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
IOCtl - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB IOCtl request is called. ops/s
IOCtl - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB IOCtl requests. s (ns, ms, us)
Cancel - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB cancel requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Cancel - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB cancel requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Cancel - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB cancel request is called. ops/s
SMB – Node, Cluster SMBStats

SMBGlobalStats

Cancel - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB cancel requests. s (ns, ms, us)
KeepAlive - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB KeepAlive requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
KeepAlive - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB KeepAlive requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
KeepAlive - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB KeepAlive request is called. ops/s
KeepAlive - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB KeepAlive requests. s (ns, ms, us)
Find - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB find requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Find - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB find requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Find - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB find request is called. ops/s
Find - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB find requests. s (ns, ms, us)
Notify - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB notify requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Notify - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB notify requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Notify - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB notify request is called. ops/s
Notify - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB KeepAlive requests. s (ns, ms, us)
GetInfo - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB GetInfo requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
SMB – Node, Cluster SMBStats

SMBGlobalStats

GetInfo - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB GetInfo requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
GetInfo - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB GetInfo request is called. ops/s
GetInfo - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB GetInfo requests. s (ns, ms, us)
SetInfo - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB SetInfo requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
SetInfo - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB SetInfo requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
SetInfo - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB SetInfo request is called. ops/s
SetInfo - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB SetInfo requests. s (ns, ms, us)
Break - Sent op_outbytes Number of bytes sent for the SMB Break requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Break - Received op_inbytes Number of bytes received for the SMB Break requests. The byte count also includes protocol headers. bytes/s
Break - Operations op_count Number of times the corresponding SMB Break request is called. ops/s
Break - Latency op_time / op_count Total amount of time spent for all types of SMB Break requests. s (ns, ms, us)

Resource type - CTDB

The following table lists the performance metrics available for the resource type - CTDB.

Table 8. Performance metrics available for resource type - CTDB
Resource type and aggregation levels Sensor name Metric name in GUI Corresponding mmperfmon metric name Description Unit
CTDB - Node CTDBStats CTDB DB Stats - RO delegations db_ro_delegations Number of CTDB read-only delegations created. 1/s
CTDB DB Stats - RO revokes db_ro_revokes Number of CTDB read-only delegations that were revoked. The difference between number of total revokes and delegations gives the number of currently active read-only delegations. 1/s
CTDB DB Stats - Locks num. calls db_locks_num_calls Number of completed lock calls. This includes database locks and record locks. 1/s
CTDB DB Stats - Locks num. failed db_locks_num_failed Number of failed lock calls. This includes database locks and record locks. 1/s
CTDB DB Stats - Locks num. current db_locks_num_current Number of scheduled lock calls. This includes database locks and record locks. 1/s
CTDB DB Stats - Locks num. pending db_locks_num_pending Number of queued lock calls. This includes database locks and record locks. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Num. clients num_clients Number of processes currently connected to CTDB's Unix socket. This includes recovery daemon, CTDB tool and, SMB processes such as smbd and winbindd. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Num. recoveries num_recoveries Number of recoveries since the start of CTDB or since the last statistics reset. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Client packets sent client_packets_sent Number of packets sent to client processes through Unix domain socket. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Client packets received client_packets_recv Number of packets received from client processes through Unix domain socket. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Node packets sent node_packets_sent Number of packets sent to other nodes in the cluster through TCP. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Node packets received node_packets_recv Number of packets received from other nodes in the cluster through TCP. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Keepalive packets sent keepalive_packets_sent Number of keepalive messages sent to other nodes. CTDB periodically sends keepalive messages to other nodes. 1/s
CTDB - Node CTDBStats CTDB Stats - Keeplalive packets received keepalive_packets_recv Number of keepalive messages received from other nodes. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Node req. call node_req_call Number of REQ_CALL messages from other nodes. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Node reply call node_reply_call Number of REPLY_CALL messages from the other nodes. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Node req. dmaster node_req_dmaster Number of REQ_DMASTER messages from other nodes. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Node reply dmaster node_reply_dmaster Number of REPLY_DMASTER messages from other nodes. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Node reply error node_reply_error Number of REPLY_ERROR messages from theother nodes. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Node req. message node_req_message Number of REQ_MESSAGE messages from the clients. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Node req. control node_req_control Number of REQ_CONTROL messages from the clients. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Node reply control node_reply_control Number of REPLY_CONTROL messages from other nodes. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Client req. call client_req_call Number of REQ_CALL messages from the clients. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Client req. message client_req_message Number of REQ_MESSAGE messages from the clients. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Client req. control client_req_control Number of timeouts for REQ_CONTROL messages. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Timeouts call timeouts_call Number of timeouts for REQ_CALL messages. 1/s
CTDB - Node CTDBStats CTDB Stats - Timeouts control timeouts_control Number of timeouts for REQ_CONTROL messages. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Timeouts traverse timeouts_traverse Number of timeouts for database traverse operations. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Locks num. calls locks_num_calls Number of completed lock calls. This includes database locks and record locks. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Locks num. current locks_num_current Number of scheduled lock calls. This includes database locks and record locks. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Locks num. pending locks_num_pending Number of queued lock calls. This includes database locks and record locks. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Locks num. failed locks_num_failed Number of failed lock calls. This includes database locks and record locks. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Total calls total_calls Number of REQ_CALL messages processed from clients. This number should be the same as client's REQ_CALL 1/s
CTDB Stats - Pending calls pending_calls Number of REQ_CALL messages that are currently being processed. This number indicates the number of record migrations in flight. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Childwrite calls childwrite_calls Number of record update calls. Record update calls are used to update a record that is under transaction. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Pending childwrite calls pending_childwrite_calls Number of record update calls that are currently active. 1/s
CTDB Stats - Memory used memory_used The amount of memory in bytes currently used by CTDB using talloc. This includes all the memory used for CTDB´s internal data structures. This does not include the memory mapped TDB databases. MiB
CTDB Stats - Max hop count max_hop_count The maximum number of hops required for a record migration request to obtain the record. High numbers indicate the record contention. Number; so no units.
CTDB Stats - Total RO delegations total_ro_delegations Number of read-only delegations created. Number; so no units.
CTDB - Node CTDBStats CTDB Stats - Total RO revokes total_ro_revokes Number of read-only delegations that were revoked. The difference between total_ro_revokes and total_ro_delegations gives the number of currently active read-only delegations. Number; so no units.
CTDB Stats - Locks latency min. locks_latency_min Minimum time that is required to obtain the record locks. s (ns, ms, us)
CTDB Stats - Locks latency max. locks_latency_max Maximum time that is required to obtain the record locks. s (ns, ms, us)
CTDB Stats - Locks latency avg. locks_latency_avg Average time that is required to obtain the record locks. s (ns, ms, us)
CTDB Stats - Locks latency num. locks_latency_num Number of record lock requests.  
CTDB Stats - Call latency min. call_latency_min Minimum time that is required to process a REQ_CALL message from client. This includes the time required to migrate a record from remote node, if the record is not available on the local node. s (ns, ms, us)
CTDB Stats - Call latency max. call_latency_max Maximum time that is required to process a REQ_CALL message from client. This includes the time required to migrate a record from remote node, if the record is not available on the local node. s (ns, ms, us)
CTDB Stats - Call latency avg. call_latency_avg The average time that is required to process a REQ_CALL message from client. This includes the time required to migrate a record from remote node, if the record is not available on the local node. s (ns, ms, us)
CTDB Stats - Call latency num. call_latency_num Number of REQ_CALL messages from the client.  
CTDB Stats - Childwrite latency min. childwrite_latency_min Minimum time that is required to update records under a transaction. s (ns, ms, us)
CTDB Stats - Childwrite latency max. childwrite_latency_max Maximum time that is required to update records under a transaction. s (ns, ms, us)
CTDB Stats - Childwrite latency avg. childwrite_latency_avg Average time that is required to update records under a transaction. s (ns, ms, us)
CTDB Stats - Childwrite latency num. childwrite_latency_num Number of record update calls.  
CTDB - Node CTDBStats CTDB Stats - Reclock ctdbd min. reclock_ctdbd_min Minimum time that is required to check if recovery lock is still held by the recovery daemon when recovery mode is changed. This check is done in CTDB daemon. s (ns, ms, us)
CTDB Stats - Reclock ctdbd max. reclock_ctdbd_max The maximum time that is required to check if recovery lock is still held by the recovery daemon when recovery mode is changed. This check is done in CTDB daemon. s (ns, ms, us)
CTDB Stats - Reclock ctdbd avg. reclock_ctdbd_avg The average time that is required to check if recovery lock is still held by the recovery daemon when recovery mode is changed. This check is done in CTDB daemon. s (ns, ms, us)
CTDB Stats - Reclock ctdbd num. reclock_ctdbd_num Number of checks if the recovery lock is still held by the recovery daemon when recovery mode is changed. Number; so no units.
CTDB - Database per Node, Cluster CTDBStats CTDB DB Stats - RO delegations db_ro_delegations Number of read-only delegations created. Number; so no units.
CTDB DB Stats - RO revokes db_ro_revokes Number of read-only delegations that were revoked. The difference between total_ro_revokes and total_ro_delegations gives the number of currently active read-only delegations. Number; so no units.
CTDB DB Stats - Locks num. calls db_locks_num_calls Number of completed lock calls. This includes database locks and record locks. Number; so no units.
CTDB DB Stats - Locks num. failed db_locks_num_failed Number of failed lock calls. This includes database locks and record locks. Number; so no units.
CTDB DB Stats - Locks num. current db_locks_num_current Number of scheduled lock calls. This includes database locks and record locks. Number; so no units.
CTDB DB Stats - Locks num. pending db_locks_num_pending Number of queued lock calls. This includes database locks and record locks. Number; so no units.

Resource type - Waiters

The following table lists the performance metrics available for the resource type - Waiters.

Table 9. Performance metrics available for resource type - Waiters
Resource type and aggregation levels Sensor names Metric name in GUI Corresponding mmperfmon metric name Description Unit
Waiters - Cluster GPFSWaiters All gpfs_wt_count_all All waiter types s (ns, ms, us)
Network I/O (RPC waiters) gpfs_wt_count_network_io All waiters that concern network I/O operations of type RPC calls. s (ns, ms, us)
Local disk I/O waiters gpfs_wt_count_local_io All waiters that concern local disk I/O operations. s (ns, ms, us)
Waiters (ThMutex) gpfs_wt_count_thmutex Waiters of the type ThMutex s (ns, ms, us)
Waiters (Syscall) gpfs_wt_count_syscall Waiters of the type Syscall s (ns, ms, us)
Waiters (ThCond) gpfs_wt_count_thcond Waiters of the type ThCond s (ns, ms, us)
Waiters (Delay) gpfs_wt_count_delay Waiters of the type Delay s (ns, ms, us)

Resource type - AFM

The following table lists the performance metrics available for the resource type - AFM

Table 10. Performance metrics available for resource type - AFM
Resource type and aggregation levels Sensor names Metric name in GUI Corresponding mmperfmon metric name Description Unit
Node, Cluster GPFSAFM Bytes Read gpfs_afm_fset_bytes_read Total number of bytes read from home to cache as a result of cache miss. bytes/s
Bytes Written gpfs_afm_bytes_written Total number of bytes written to the home as a result of cache updates. bytes/s
Operations – Total gpfs_afm_ops_sent Total number of operations sent over the communication protocol to the remote system. ops/s
Operations – Synchronous gpfs_afm_ops_sync Number of synchronous operations that are sent to the remote system. ops/s
Operations – Expired gpfs_afm_ops_expired Number of operations sent to remote system as they are expired. One operation is marked as expired when the configured async timeout is exceeded in the gateway queue. ops/s
Operations – Forced gpfs_afm_ops_forced Number of operations sent to remote system as they are forced out of the gateway queue before the configured async timeout. This might be because of a dependent operation. ops/s
Operations – Revoke gpfs_afm_ops_revoked Number of operations sent to the remote system because a conflicting token acquired from another IBM Storage Scale node resulted in a revoke. ops/s
Node, Cluster GPFSAFM Queue – Backlog gpfs_afm_bytes_pending Total number of bytes that are not yet written to the remote system. bytes
Queue – Messages gpfs_afm_num_queued_msgs Number of messages that are currently enqueued. number, no unit
Queue – Memory gpfs_afm_used_q_memory Memory used in bytes for the enqueued messages. bytes
Latency -Min Queue Wait gpfs_afm_shortest_time Shortest time in seconds that a pending operation waited in the gateway queue before being sent to the remote system. s (ms, s)
Latency – Avg Queue Wait gpfs_afm_avg_time Average time in seconds that a pending operation waited in the gateway queue before being sent to the remote system. s (ms, s)
Latency – Max Queue Wait gpfs_afm_longest_time Longest time in seconds that a pending operation waited in the gateway queue before being sent to the remote system. s (ms, s)
Fileset GPFSAFMFSET Bytes Read gpfs_afm_fs_bytes_read Total number of bytes read from remote system as a result of cache miss. bytes/s
Bytes Written gpfs_afm_fs_bytes_written Total number of bytes written to the home as a result of cache updates. bytes/s
Operations – Total gpfs_afm_fs_ops_sent Total number of operations sent over the communication protocol to the remote system. ops/s
Operations – Synchronous gpfs_afm_fs_ops_sync Number of synchronous operations that are sent to the remote system. ops/s
Operations – Expired gpfs_afm_fs_ops_expired Number of operations sent to remote system as they are expired. One operation is marked as expired when the configured async timeout is exceeded in the gateway queue. ops/s
Operations – Forced gpfs_afm_fs_ops_forced Number of operations sent to remote system as they are forced out of the gateway queue before the configured async timeout. This might be because of a dependent operation. ops/s
Operations – Revoke gpfs_afm_fs_ops_revoked Number of operations sent to the remote system because a conflicting token acquired from another IBM Storage Scale node resulted in a revoke. ops/s
Queue – Backlog gpfs_afm_fs_bytes_pending Total number of bytes that are not yet written to the remote system. bytes
Queue – Messages gpfs_afm_fs_num_queued_msgs Number of messages that are currently enqueued. number, no unit
Queue – Memory gpfs_afm_fs_used_q_memory Used memory in bytes by the messages enqueued. bytes
Latency -Min Queue Wait gpfs_afm_fs_shortest_time Shortest time in seconds that a pending operation waited in the gateway queue before being sent to the remote system. s (ms, s)
Fileset GPFSAFMFSET Latency – Avg Queue Wait gpfs_afm_fs_avg_time Average time in seconds that a pending operation waited in the gateway queue before being sent to the remote system. s (ms, s)
Latency – Max Queue Wait gpfs_afm_fs_longest_time Longest time in seconds that a pending operation waited in the gateway queue before being sent to the remote system. s (ms, s)
Bytes Read gpfs_afm_fset_bytes_read Total number of bytes read from home to cache as a result of cache miss. bytes/s
Bytes Written gpfs_afm_fset_bytes_written Total number of bytes written to the home as a result of cache updates. bytes/s
Operations – Total gpfs_afm_fset_ops_sent Total number of operations sent over the communication protocol to the remote system. ops/s
Operations – Synchronous gpfs_afm_fset_ops_sync Number of synchronous operations that are sent to the remote system. ops/s
Operations – Expired gpfs_afm_fset_ops_expired Number of operations sent to remote system as they are expired. One operation is marked as expired when the configured async timeout is exceeded in the gateway queue. ops/s
Operations – Forced gpfs_afm_fset_ops_forced Number of operations sent to remote system as they are forced out of the gateway queue before the configured async timeout. This might be because of a dependent operation. ops/s
Operations – Revoke gpfs_afm_fset_ops_revoked Number of operations sent to the remote system because a conflicting token acquired from another IBM Storage Scale node resulted in a revoke. ops/s
Queue – Backlog gpfs_afm_fset_bytes_pending Total number of bytes that are not yet written to the remote system. bytes
Fileset GPFSAFMFSET Queue – Messages gpfs_afm_fset_num_queued_msgs Number of messages that are currently enqueued. number, no unit
Queue – Memory gpfs_afm_fset_used_q_memory Used memory in bytes by the messages enqueued. bytes
Latency -Min Queue Wait gpfs_afm_fset_shortest_time Shortest time in seconds that a pending operation waited in the gateway queue before being sent to the remote system. s (ms, s)
Latency – Avg Queue Wait gpfs_afm_fset_avg_time Average time in seconds that a pending operation waited in the gateway queue before being sent to the remote system. s (ms, s)
Latency – Max Queue Wait gpfs_afm_fset_longest_time Longest time in seconds that a pending operation waited in the gateway queue before being sent to the remote system. s (ms, s)

Capacity metrics

The following table lists the performance metrics available for analyzing the capacity details at various levels.

Table 11. Capacity metrics
Sensor name Metric name in GUI Corresponding mmperfmon metric name Description Unit
GPFSCapacity Total capacity gpfs_disk_disksize Overall capacity of the NSD or file system. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Available capacity in fragments gpfs_disk_free_fragkb Available in fragments. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Available capacity in full blocks gpfs_disk_free_fullkb Available capacity in full blocks. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Total gpfs_pool_disksize Overall capacity of the pool. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Available capacity in full blocks gpfs_pool_free_fullkb Available capacity of the pool in full blocks. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Allocated inodes gpfs_fs_inode_alloc Number of allocated inodes in the file system that are aggregated over all inode spaces. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Available inodes gpfs_fs_inode_free Number of available inodes in the file system that are aggregated over all inode spaces. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Max inodes gpfs_fs_inode_max Maximum number of inodes in the file system that are aggregated over all inode spaces. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
DiskFree Total capacity df_total Total capacity of a local file system. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Available capacity df_free Available capacity in a local file system. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Used capacity df_used Used capacity in a local file system. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
GPFSFilesetQuota Capacity gpfs_rq_blk_current Used capacity in a fileset, as reported by the quota mechanism. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Capacity hard limit gpfs_rq_blk_hard_limit Hard quota limit for capacity in a fileset. When this limit is exceeded, adding more data to the fileset will be prevented. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Capacity soft limit gpfs_rq_blk_soft_limit Soft quota limit for capacity in a fileset. When this limit is exceeded, adding more data to the fileset will be prevented after a grace period. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Inodes gpfs_rq_file_current Used inodes in a fileset, as reported by the quota mechanism. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Inodes hard limit gpfs_rq_file_hard_limit Hard quota limit for number of inodes in a fileset. When this limit is exceeded, adding more files, links, or directories to the fileset will be prevented. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)
Inodes soft limit gpfs_rq_file_soft_limit Soft quota limit for number of inodes in a fileset. When this limit is exceeded, adding more files, links, or directories to the fileset will be prevented after a grace period. Bytes (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)