HP Caliper 5.3 User Guide (5900-1558, February 2011)

About This Document
This document describes how to use HP Caliper to measure the performance of native applications
running on HP-UX and Linux Integrity servers.
NOTE: For the latest version of this document, go to the HP Caliper Web site at the following
URL and click on Documentation in the Product Information box:
http://hp.com/go/caliper
This document is sometimes updated after a release. The document publication date appears on
the title page.
Intended Audience
This document is written for software developers who want to improve the performance of their
application programs. It assumes that you are familiar with compilers and with performance analysis
concepts. It is not necessary for you to have used a performance analysis tool before to use HP
Caliper.
New and Changed Information in This Edition
New Information
The HP Caliper 5.3 release has the following improvements:
• A new option --sw-process-list, is added. This option is used in the system-wide mode
(-w option) to specify a list processes to analyze. This option is used to reduce the overhead
of Caliper in the system-wide mode.
• HP Caliper is enhanced to read debug information from +objdebug compiled object files
and debug side files. HP Caliper previously read debug information only from executable
binaries and load modules. A new option --debug-file-path is added to specify a list
of directories to search for the +objdebug object files.
Deprecated Options
None
Deleted Information
None.
Document Organization
For information to help you get started, read these chapters:
• “HP Caliper at a Glance” (p. 16) provides an introduction to HP Caliper.
• “Getting Started with the HP Caliper Command-Line Interface” (p. 20) helps you get started
using the HP Caliper command-line interface.
• “Getting Started with the HP Caliper GUI” (p. 31) introduces you to the HP Caliper graphical
user interface (GUI).
For more advanced information, read these chapters:
• “HP Caliper Measurement Configuration Files” (p. 42) describes the measurement configuration
files provided with HP Caliper.
• “HP Caliper Options” (p. 47) describes the HP Caliper options in alphabetical order.
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