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Managing System Information, Processes, and Performance in Oracle Solaris 11.1
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Managing System Information, Processes, and Performance in Oracle Solaris 11.1
October 2012
Describes tasks for managing system information, processes, and monitoring performance.
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Preface
1. Managing System Information (Tasks)
What's New in Displaying and Changing System Information
Enhancements to
hostname
and
domainname
Commands
Displaying System Information
Displaying System Information (Task Map)
Commands That Are Used to Display System Information
How to Display a System's Release Information
How to Display the Date and Time
How to Display a System's Host ID Number
Displaying a System's Architecture and Processor Type
How to Display a System's Product Name
How to Display a System's Installed Memory
How to Display Default and Customized Property Values for a Device
How to Display System Diagnostic Information
Identifying Information About Chip Multithreading Features
How to Display a System's Physical Processor Type
How to Display a System's Virtual Processor Type
Changing System Information
Changing System Information (Task Map)
How to Manually Set a System's Date and Time
How to Set Up a Message-Of-The-Day
How to Change a System's Identity
2. Managing System Processes (Tasks)
What's New in Managing System Processes
Pseudo System Processes
Managing System Processes
Managing System Processes (Task Map)
Commands for Managing System Processes
Using the
ps
Command
Using the
/proc
File System and Commands
Managing Processes by Using Process Commands (
/proc
)
How to List Processes
How to Display Information About Processes
How to Control Processes
Terminating a Process (
pkill, kill
)
How to Terminate a Process (
pkill
)
How to Terminate a Process (
kill
)
Debugging a Process (
pargs
,
preap
)
Managing Process Class Information
Managing Process Class Information (Task Map)
Changing the Scheduling Priority of Processes (
priocntl
)
How to Display Basic Information About Process Classes (
priocntl
)
How to Display the Global Priority of a Process
How to Designate a Process Priority (
priocntl
)
How to Change Scheduling Parameters of a Timesharing Process (
priocntl
)
How to Change the Class of a Process (
priocntl
)
Changing the Priority of a Timesharing Process (
nice
)
How to Change the Priority of a Process (
nice
)
Troubleshooting Problems With System Processes
3. Monitoring System Performance (Tasks)
Where to Find System Performance Tasks
System Performance and System Resources
Processes and System Performance
About Monitoring System Performance
Monitoring Tools
Displaying System Performance Information
Displaying System Performance Information (Task Map)
Displaying Virtual Memory Statistics (
vmstat
)
How to Display Virtual Memory Statistics (
vmstat
)
How to Display System Event Information (
vmstat -s
)
How to Display Swapping Statistics (
vmstat -S
)
How to Display Interrupts Per Device (
vmstat -i
)
Displaying Disk Utilization Information (
iostat
)
How to Display Disk Utilization Information (
iostat
)
How to Display Extended Disk Statistics (
iostat -xtc
)
Displaying Disk Space Statistics (
df
)
How to Display Disk Space Information (
df -k
)
Monitoring System Activities
Monitoring System Activities (Task Map)
Monitoring System Activities (
sar
)
How to Check File Access (
sar -a
)
How to Check Buffer Activity (
sar -b
)
How to Check System Call Statistics (
sar -c
)
How to Check Disk Activity (
sar -d
)
How to Check Page-Out and Memory (
sar -g
)
Checking Kernel Memory Allocation
How to Check Kernel Memory Allocation (
sar -k
)
How to Check Interprocess Communication (
sar -m
)
How to Check Page-In Activity (
sar -p
)
How to Check Queue Activity (
sar -q
)
How to Check Unused Memory (
sar -r
)
How to Check CPU Utilization (
sar -u
)
How to Check System Table Status (
sar -v
)
How to Check Swapping Activity (
sar -w
)
How to Check Terminal Activity (
sar -y
)
How to Check Overall System Performance (
sar -A
)
Collecting System Activity Data Automatically (
sar
)
Running the
sadc
Command When Booting
Running the
sadc
Command Periodically With the
sa1
Script
Producing Reports With the
sa2
Shell Script
Setting Up Automatic Data Collection (
sar
)
How to Set Up Automatic Data Collection
4. Scheduling System Tasks (Tasks)
Ways to Automatically Executing System Tasks
For Scheduling Repetitive Jobs:
crontab
For Scheduling a Single Job:
at
Scheduling System Tasks
Creating and Editing
crontab
Files (Task Map)
Scheduling a Repetitive System Task (
cron
)
Inside a
crontab
File
How the
cron
Daemon Handles Scheduling
Syntax of
crontab
File Entries
Creating and Editing
crontab
Files
How to Create or Edit a
crontab
File
How to Verify That a
crontab
File Exists
Displaying
crontab
Files
How to Display a
crontab
File
Removing
crontab
Files
How to Remove a
crontab
File
Controlling Access to the
crontab
Command
How to Deny
crontab
Command Access
How to Limit
crontab
Command Access to Specified Users
How to Verify Limited
crontab
Command Access
Scheduling Tasks by Using the
at
Command
Using the
at
Command (Task Map)
Scheduling a Single System Task (
at
)
Description of the
at
Command
Controlling Access to the
at
Command
How to Create an
at
Job
How to Display the
at
Queue
How to Verify an
at
Job
How to Display
at
Jobs
How to Remove
at
Jobs
How to Deny Access to the
at
Command
How to Verify That
at
Command Access Is Denied
5. Managing the System Console, Terminal Devices, and Power Services (Tasks)
What's New in Managing the System Console, Terminal Devices, and Power Services
Changes to How System Power Services Are Managed
Managing System Console and Locally Connected Terminal Devices
SMF Services That Manage the System Console and Locally Connected Terminal Devices
How to Modify Settings for the System Console
How to Set Up Login Services on Auxiliary Terminals
How to Set the Baud Rate Speed on the System Terminal
Managing System Power Services
Troubleshooting System Power Problems
How to Recover from Power Service in Maintenance Mode
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
I
K
L
M
N
P
R
S
T
U
V
W