Performance Analysis Tools for HP-UX 11i on Integrity Servers

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1 Who is this whitepaper for?.....................................................................................................................5

2 What tools are discussed?........................................................................................................................5

3 HP Caliper: Free tool for improving application or system performance.....................................................6

4 Standard HP-UX commands for obtaining system performance data..........................................................7

4.1 fsadm (file system administration)....................................................................................................7

4.2 iostat (I/O statistics).........................................................................................................................7

4.3 ipcs (interprocess communication facilities).......................................................................................7

4.4 kcweb (kernel configuration Web tool)..............................................................................................8

4.5 netstat (network statistics)................................................................................................................8

4.6 nettl (network tracing and logging)...................................................................................................9

4.7 sar (system activity reporter)............................................................................................................9

4.8 swapinfo (system paging space information).....................................................................................9

4.9 top (top system processes)..............................................................................................................10

4.10 vmstat (virtual memory statistics).................................................................................................10

5 Free tools for improving Java application performance.............................................................................10

5.1 HPjmeter.......................................................................................................................................10

5.2 HPjtune.........................................................................................................................................11

5.3 HPjconfig......................................................................................................................................11

5.4 Java Out-of-Box.............................................................................................................................11

6 HP OpenView performance tools for purchase........................................................................................11

6.1 HP OpenView GlancePlus Pak........................................................................................................12

6.1.1 HP OpenView GlancePlus......................................................................................................12

6.1.2 HP OpenView Performance Agent (OVPA)..............................................................................12

6.2 HP OpenView Performance Manager..............................................................................................13

7 Resource management tools for purchase................................................................................................13

7.1 HP-UX Workload Manager (WLM).................................................................................................13

7.2 HP Process Resource Manager (PRM).............................................................................................13

8 Performance troubleshooting resources...................................................................................................14

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