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SSSSYYYYSSSSMMMMEEEETTTTEEEERRRR((((1111)))) SSSSYYYYSSSSMMMMEEEETTTTEEEERRRR((((1111))))
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sysmeter - display system performance values
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ssssyyyyssssmmmmeeeetttteeeerrrr [ ----ssss _s_a_m_p ] [ ----aaaa _a_v_g ] [ ----hhhh _n_a_m_e ] [ ----dddd _w_i_n ] [ ----gggg _h_t ] [ ----xxxx
_x-_c_o_r_d ] [ ----yyyy _y-_c_o_r_d ] [ ----rrrr _r_o_w ] [ ----mmmm ] [ ----iiii _b_k,_c_b_g,_a_v_g,_t_x_t,_c_h_g ] [ ----vvvv
_v_a_l_u_e _v_a_l_u_e ... ]
DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
_s_y_s_m_e_t_e_r opens a window and displays various system performance values
collected from either local machine, or any remote machine that
implements the _r_s_t_a_t version 3 protocol. When _s_y_s_m_e_t_e_r starts, it makes
a connection to the _r_s_t_a_t_d(1M) daemon on the target machine and
periodically collects data from the daemon.
Various performance data can be selected for display. Each selected
performance value will be displayed within one sub-window in either of
the two styles: bar chart or strip chart. In both formats, the y-axis
represents the value collected. In the strip chart, the x-axis
represents the time.
The default option is to collect CPU usage data on local machine for
every 2 seconds with window width equals to 120 seconds. The options can
be set either from command line or by clicking the left or right mouse
button.
The average of performance values, if selected, are displayed as shaded
areas in the strip chart format while in the bar chart format, the values
are displayed in the rear bars.
When resizing the window, _s_y_s_m_e_t_e_r always re-adjusts the window size for
the best possible shape to fit all the selected values in order to
prevent the distortion of the graphics. If the width of the window is
wide enough, _s_y_s_m_e_t_e_r will display the hostname, sample time, averaging
time and display window width in the window title.
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----ssss _s_a_m_p Sets the sample time to _s_a_m_p seconds.
----aaaa _a_v_g Sets the averaging time to _a_v_g seconds. If this option is not
supplied, _s_y_s_m_e_t_e_r will not display the averaging value.
----hhhh _n_a_m_e Selects the host specified by _n_a_m_e as the target machine for
performance data collection.
----dddd _w_i_n Sets the window width to _w_i_n seconds. This number divided by
the sample time is equivalent to the number of samples appears
in one sub-window. This option is meaningful only with the
strip chart format.
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SSSSYYYYSSSSMMMMEEEETTTTEEEERRRR((((1111)))) SSSSYYYYSSSSMMMMEEEETTTTEEEERRRR((((1111))))
----gggg _h_t Sets the sub-window height to _h_t pixels. The default height is
50 pixels.
----xxxx _x-_c_o_r_d Sets the X coordinate of the left lower corner of the window to
_x-_c_o_r_d. Since _s_y_s_m_e_t_e_r always re-adjust window size and
location on a bad re-locating or resizing, a large x coordinate
close to the left end of screen will automatically be reduced
as needed.
----yyyy _y-_c_o_r_d Sets the y coordinate of the left lower corner of the window to
_y-_c_o_r_d. If both X and Y coordinates are provided, _s_y_s_m_e_t_e_r
will automatically open a window without user intervention.
----rrrr _r_o_w Sets the number of rows of sub-windows to be _r_o_w. The default
is two columns.
----mmmm selects the bar chart format instead of the default strip chart
format.
----iiii _b_k,_c_b_g,_a_v_g,_t_x_t,_c_h_g
These values specify the five colors used by the displays,
separated by commas. The values are the color map indices of
the background, chart background, averaged area, text and
change-parameters colors. The defaults are 15, 12, 1, 4, and
10, respectively.
----vvvv _v_a_l_u_e Selects performance values to be displayed:
aaaallllllll display all of the following values
ccccppppuuuu percent of CPU being utilized
ppppaaaaggggeeee paging activity in pages per second
sssswwwwaaaapppp jobs swapped per second
iiiinnnnttttrrrr number of device interrupts per second
ddddiiiisssskkkk disk traffic in transfers per second
ccccnnnnttttxxxxtttt number of context switches per second
llllooooaaaadddd average of number of runnable jobs over the last
minute times 1024
ppppkkkkttttssss total of input and output network packets per second
iiiinnnnppppkkkkttttssss input network packets per second
oooouuuuttttppppkkkkttttssss output network packets per second
ccccoooollllllllssss collisions per second detected on the network
eeeerrrrrrrrssss errors per second when receiving packets
When _s_y_s_m_e_t_e_r is running, you can move the mouse cursor into the window,
press and hold the right button to get the pop-up menu. This menu has
the options: _c_p_u, _p_a_g_e, _s_w_a_p, _i_n_t_r, _d_i_s_k, _c_n_t_x_t, _l_o_a_d, _p_k_t_s, _i_n_p_k_t_s,
_o_u_t_p_k_t_s, _c_o_l_l_s, _e_r_r_s, _d_i_s_p_l_a_y-_a_v_e_r_a_g_e, _c_h_a_n_g_e-_p_a_r_a_m, _s_t_y_l_e, and _e_x_i_t.
The entries corresponding to each performance values specified in ----vvvv
option are toggle switches. If you move the cursor to any one of those
entries and releases the right button, _s_y_s_m_e_t_e_r will toggle between
displaying or removing the sub-window. If no parameters are specified
when _s_y_s_m_e_t_e_r is started, it will display the: _c_p_u usage by default.
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SSSSYYYYSSSSMMMMEEEETTTTEEEERRRR((((1111)))) SSSSYYYYSSSSMMMMEEEETTTTEEEERRRR((((1111))))
The _d_i_s_p_l_a_y-_a_v_e_r_a_g_e and _s_t_y_l_e selections are also toggle switches.
When _c_h_a_n_g_e-_p_a_r_a_m_e_t_e_r entry is selected, a parameter changing panel will
appear in the left lower corner of the window and the display activity is
frozen although _s_y_s_m_e_t_e_r is still collecting data packets internally. If
the window is too narrow, only a partial view of the panel will show up.
You can fix this problem by reshaping the window.
Inside the panel, there is a parameter selection location marked with
three curly arrows. Moving the cursor to this area and click the left
button, the panel will switch among the three changeable parameters:
sample interval, averaging period, and window width.
After moving the cursor to the up-pointed triangle under the ruler,
pressing, holding and moving the left button along the ruler will change
the selected parameter to the number indicated in the small window above
the ruler. The ruler is exponentially increased to maximum of 7200
seconds (2 hours).
Once the change is made, moving the cursor to the location marked with _o_k
and pressing the left button will update the values.
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The following command will automatically display the local system
performance data on the top of the screen.
sysmeter -x 50 -y 900 -g 50 -v all -a 120 -d 300 -s 5 -r 1
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rstatd(1M), rpcinfo(1)
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The maximum number allowed to be displayed on the y-axis of a sub-window
is 8192. If a value exceeds this limit, the display will be truncated to
8192.
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