> New feature "Top Process" doesn't work  since "Top" command seems to
> be hard coded to /usr/bin/top (seen in the «Help-> Logs» menu) and
> doens't work on our Solaris server

> Is there a way to make it more flexible ? (for instance when top is
> installed elsewhere ?)

> Is it compatible with Aix's top command (topas)

> Chris

> Yes, you can customize the command:
> - stop lab128;
> - edit lab128.ini file, find [lab128] section, then insert the line:
> top_command=SunOS;;/usr/bin/top -b -s6 -d2123456789 50

> The line shown is an equivalent of hard-coded command in lab128. You
> will need to tweak the path.

> You can also try specifying 'xterm' type of monitor:
> top_command=SunOS; xterm; /usr/bin/top -b -s6 -d2123456789 50

> In case you need to customize 'top' for HP_UX:
> top_command=HP-UX; xterm; /usr/bin/top -s6 -d2123456789 -w -n 50 -f /
> dev/tty
> Linux:
> top_command=Linux; ; top -b -d 6 -c -n2123456789

> It may work with 'topas' using the same top_command trick. I don't
> have the access to AIX. Can you send me the sample output from topas?
> Can you get with topas something similar to Linux's 'top -b -d 6 -c'?

> Regards,
> Sergei

> On Nov 10, 5:26 am, ccorgnet <ccorg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hello

> > New feature "Top Process" doesn't work  since "Top" command seems to
> > be hard coded to /usr/bin/top (seen in the «Help-> Logs» menu) and
> > doens't work on our Solaris server

> > Is there a way to make it more flexible ? (for instance when top is
> > installed elsewhere ?)

> > Is it compatible with Aix's top command (topas)

> > Chris

> Thanks a lot for your quick answer which answers to most of my needs !

> Il think that the closest equivalent to linux top command for aix
> topas is :

> topas  -i6 -P (no -b batch mode nore -c command line)

> and the output looks like this (unfortunately quite different from top
> standard output ...)

> Topas Monitor for host:    bt1sia50v2  Interval:   6    Mon Nov 15
> 10:56:55 2010

>                                 DATA  TEXT  PAGE
> PGFAULTS
> USER        PID    PPID PRI NI   RES   RES SPACE    TIME CPU%  I/O
> OTH COMMAND
> oracle  8626362       1  73 20  1534  4704  1534    0:04  2.0 2186
> 1126 oracle
> best1   8364168 8462582  60 20  4837   168  4837   51:11  0.3    0
> 0 bgscolle
> root     274566       0  16 41    17     0    17 4457:20  0.2    0
> 0 lrud
> ccorgnet8847552 8569014  62 20  3751    17  3751    0:00  0.1    0
> 1868 topas
> best1exp8515782 8933556  60 20   260    48   260    0:00  0.1    0
> 1845 awk
> best1   8462582       1  60 20  7165   143  7165   26:46  0.1    0
> 306 bgsagent
> root    8679430       1  68 24  8455   264  8455  135:03  0.1    0
> 981 PatrolAg
> best1exp8184038       1  64 22   858   243   858    0:05  0.0    1
> 2 udrColle
> root    1368232       1  39 41    17     0    17    7:59  0.0   25
> 11 aioserve
> root    1728600       1  39 41    16     0    16    4:43  0.0   22
> 14 aioserve
> best1exp7954624       1  64 22   920   243   920    0:06  0.0    0
> 2 udrColle
> root     331954       0  38 41   115     0   115   54:30  0.0    0
> 0 j2pg
> root     319496       1  60 20   146     1   146 6552:27  0.0    0
> 0 syncd
> root     299154       0  37 41    31     0    31  154:31  0.0    0
> 0 gil
> root     381164       1  60 20  3295     0  3295   92:30  0.0    0
> 0 errdemon
> root    1171704       1  60 20  3721   149  3792   87:21  0.0    0
> 23 nbrmms
> root     634948       1  60 20    89     6    89   64:59  0.0    0
> 0 getty
> root    1892442 1052700  60 20   141    69   141   36:54  0.0    0
> 0 acsssi
> root     733304  442414  60 20  7006   131  7019   36:38  0.0    0
> 0 IBM.CSMA
> root          1       0  60 20   187     8   187   31:19  0.0    0
> 0 init

> Regards

> On 10 nov, 18:01, Sergei - Lab128 <ser...@usa.com> wrote:

> > Hi Chris

> > Yes, you can customize the command:
> > - stop lab128;
> > - edit lab128.ini file, find [lab128] section, then insert the line:
> > top_command=SunOS;;/usr/bin/top -b -s6 -d2123456789 50

> > The line shown is an equivalent of hard-coded command in lab128. You
> > will need to tweak the path.

> > You can also try specifying 'xterm' type of monitor:
> > top_command=SunOS; xterm; /usr/bin/top -b -s6 -d2123456789 50

> > In case you need to customize 'top' for HP_UX:
> > top_command=HP-UX; xterm; /usr/bin/top -s6 -d2123456789 -w -n 50 -f /
> > dev/tty
> > Linux:
> > top_command=Linux; ; top -b -d 6 -c -n2123456789

> > It may work with 'topas' using the same top_command trick. I don't
> > have the access to AIX. Can you send me the sample output from topas?
> > Can you get with topas something similar to Linux's 'top -b -d 6 -c'?

> > Regards,
> > Sergei

> > On Nov 10, 5:26 am, ccorgnet <ccorg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > Hello

> > > New feature "Top Process" doesn't work  since "Top" command seems to
> > > be hard coded to /usr/bin/top (seen in the «Help-> Logs» menu) and
> > > doens't work on our Solaris server

> > > Is there a way to make it more flexible ? (for instance when top is
> > > installed elsewhere ?)

> > > Is it compatible with Aix's top command (topas)

> > > Chris

> Thank you for the update.

> I am trying to make topas on AIX work with lab128. I also have topas
> output samples from another user. What I have seen that sometimes data
> in adjacent columns have no delimiter.  For example,  USER and PID
> columns in your snapshot. From another snapshots, it was even worse:
> the CPU, I/O and OTHER columns all merged into one number string. This
> makes impossible for something like awk to parse into the pieces.
> There is a hope that the columns have a fixed length, which is not
> true for at least one column - OTHER. Not sure it is going to be
> reliable for other columns.

> Still working on it.
> Sergei

> On Nov 15, 5:09 am, ccorgnet <ccorg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hello Sergei

> > Thanks a lot for your quick answer which answers to most of my needs !

> > Il think that the closest equivalent to linux top command for aix
> > topas is :

> > topas  -i6 -P (no -b batch mode nore -c command line)

> > and the output looks like this (unfortunately quite different from top
> > standard output ...)

> > Topas Monitor for host:    bt1sia50v2  Interval:   6    Mon Nov 15
> > 10:56:55 2010

> >                                 DATA  TEXT  PAGE
> > PGFAULTS
> > USER        PID    PPID PRI NI   RES   RES SPACE    TIME CPU%  I/O
> > OTH COMMAND
> > oracle  8626362       1  73 20  1534  4704  1534    0:04  2.0 2186
> > 1126 oracle
> > best1   8364168 8462582  60 20  4837   168  4837   51:11  0.3    0
> > 0 bgscolle
> > root     274566       0  16 41    17     0    17 4457:20  0.2    0
> > 0 lrud
> > ccorgnet8847552 8569014  62 20  3751    17  3751    0:00  0.1    0
> > 1868 topas
> > best1exp8515782 8933556  60 20   260    48   260    0:00  0.1    0
> > 1845 awk
> > best1   8462582       1  60 20  7165   143  7165   26:46  0.1    0
> > 306 bgsagent
> > root    8679430       1  68 24  8455   264  8455  135:03  0.1    0
> > 981 PatrolAg
> > best1exp8184038       1  64 22   858   243   858    0:05  0.0    1
> > 2 udrColle
> > root    1368232       1  39 41    17     0    17    7:59  0.0   25
> > 11 aioserve
> > root    1728600       1  39 41    16     0    16    4:43  0.0   22
> > 14 aioserve
> > best1exp7954624       1  64 22   920   243   920    0:06  0.0    0
> > 2 udrColle
> > root     331954       0  38 41   115     0   115   54:30  0.0    0
> > 0 j2pg
> > root     319496       1  60 20   146     1   146 6552:27  0.0    0
> > 0 syncd
> > root     299154       0  37 41    31     0    31  154:31  0.0    0
> > 0 gil
> > root     381164       1  60 20  3295     0  3295   92:30  0.0    0
> > 0 errdemon
> > root    1171704       1  60 20  3721   149  3792   87:21  0.0    0
> > 23 nbrmms
> > root     634948       1  60 20    89     6    89   64:59  0.0    0
> > 0 getty
> > root    1892442 1052700  60 20   141    69   141   36:54  0.0    0
> > 0 acsssi
> > root     733304  442414  60 20  7006   131  7019   36:38  0.0    0
> > 0 IBM.CSMA
> > root          1       0  60 20   187     8   187   31:19  0.0    0
> > 0 init

> > Regards

> > On 10 nov, 18:01, Sergei - Lab128 <ser...@usa.com> wrote:

> > > Hi Chris

> > > Yes, you can customize the command:
> > > - stop lab128;
> > > - edit lab128.ini file, find [lab128] section, then insert the line:
> > > top_command=SunOS;;/usr/bin/top -b -s6 -d2123456789 50

> > > The line shown is an equivalent of hard-coded command in lab128. You
> > > will need to tweak the path.

> > > You can also try specifying 'xterm' type of monitor:
> > > top_command=SunOS; xterm; /usr/bin/top -b -s6 -d2123456789 50

> > > In case you need to customize 'top' for HP_UX:
> > > top_command=HP-UX; xterm; /usr/bin/top -s6 -d2123456789 -w -n 50 -f /
> > > dev/tty
> > > Linux:
> > > top_command=Linux; ; top -b -d 6 -c -n2123456789

> > > It may work with 'topas' using the same top_command trick. I don't
> > > have the access to AIX. Can you send me the sample output from topas?
> > > Can you get with topas something similar to Linux's 'top -b -d 6 -c'?

> > > Regards,
> > > Sergei

> > > On Nov 10, 5:26 am, ccorgnet <ccorg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > Hello

> > > > New feature "Top Process" doesn't work  since "Top" command seems to
> > > > be hard coded to /usr/bin/top (seen in the «Help-> Logs» menu) and
> > > > doens't work on our Solaris server

> > > > Is there a way to make it more flexible ? (for instance when top is
> > > > installed elsewhere ?)

> > > > Is it compatible with Aix's top command (topas)

> > > > Chris

> Guess this merging columns feature will be hard to bypass !

> Another option, though quite slightly different from standard top
> output (less rich for top process output but with a right hand side
> hard set) could be :

> topas -c 0 -n 0 -i 6

> Depending on the aix platform - 5.2 or 6.1 in my case - you'll get one
> of these results which might be easier to handle with such a tool as
> awk ?

> ============================= OR  (Aix 5.2)
> ===============================
> Topas Monitor for host:    bt1sia50v2           EVENTS/QUEUES    FILE/
> TTY
> Tue Nov 16 16:28:00 2010   Interval:  6         Cswitch
> Readch
>                                                 Syscall
> Writech
> Kernel    4.3   |##                          |  Reads            Rawin
> User      8.3   |###                         |  Writes
> Ttyout
> Wait      4.4   |##                          |  Forks
> Igets         0
> Idle     83.1   |########################    |  Execs
> Namei         0
>                                                 Runqueue
> Dirblk        0
> Name            PID  CPU%  PgSp Owner           Waitqueue
> syncd        319496   0.0   0.6 root
> lrud         274566   0.0   0.1 root            PAGING
> MEMORY
> gil          299154   0.0   0.1 root            Faults        0
> Real,MB   30975
> PatrolAg    8679430   0.0  33.8 root            Steals        0  %
> Comp     43.8
> errdemon     381164   0.0  12.9 root            PgspIn        0  %
> Noncomp  48.6
> nbrmms      1171704   0.0  15.2 root            PgspOut       0  %
> Client   48.7
> getty        634948   0.0   0.3 root            PageIn        0
> j2pg         331954   0.0   0.4 root            PageOut       0
> PAGING SPACE
> tar         8663074   0.0 226.6 root            Sios          0
> Size,MB    4096
> acsssi      1892442   0.0   0.6 root                             %
> Used      1.6
> IBM.CSMA     733304   0.0  27.6 root            NFS (calls/sec)  %
> Free     98.3
> tar         8528092   0.0  22.6 root            ServerV2       0
> init              1   0.0   0.7 root            ClientV2       0
> Press:
> vxsald       626784   0.0   8.4 root            ServerV3       0   "h"
> for help
> oracle      8265808   0.0   8.7 oracle          ClientV3       0   "q"
> to quit
> oracle      8536216   0.0   6.3 oracle
> rmcd         557118   0.0   2.5 root
> reaper       270468   0.0   0.1 root
> pcmsrv       671822   0.0   2.1 root
> nbsvcmon    1802360   0.0   5.2 root

> ============================= OR  (Aix 6.1)
> ===============================
> Topas Monitor for host:    bt1sia62v13          EVENTS/QUEUES    FILE/
> TTY
> Tue Nov 16 16:27:46 2010   Interval:  6         Cswitch
> Readch
>                                                 Syscall
> Writech
> CPU  User%  Kern%  Wait%  Idle%  Physc   Entc   Reads            Rawin
>                                   0.00    1.4   Writes
> Ttyout
>                                                 Forks            Igets
> FileSystem        KBPS     TPS KB-Read KB-Writ  Execs            Namei
>                                                 Runqueue
> Dirblk
>                                                 Waitqueue
> Name            PID  CPU%  PgSp Owner
> MEMORY
> syncd        172196   0.0   0.5 root            PAGING
> Real,MB
> getty        352480   0.0   0.5 root            Faults           %
> Comp
> java         307376   0.0  48.4 pconsole        Steals           %
> Noncomp
> IBM.CSMA     331972   0.0  10.2 root            PgspIn           %
> Client
> gil           81960   0.0   0.9 root            PgspOut
> bgsagent     815268   0.0   8.6 best1           PageIn
> PAGING SPACE
> topasrec     315548   0.0   1.1 root            PageOut
> Size,MB
> rmcd         299226   0.0   6.5 root            Sios             %
> Used
> bgscolle    1265854   0.0   7.3 best1                            %
> Free
> rpc.lock     270506   0.0   1.2 root            NFS (calls/sec)
> pcmsrv       311458   0.0   1.2 root            SerV2            WPAR
> Activ    0
> xmgc          45078   0.0   0.4 root            CliV2            WPAR
> Total    0
> tnslsnr      561210   0.0  15.1 oracle          SerV3
> Press: "h"-help
> sendmail     229488   0.0   1.1 root
> CliV3                   "q"-quit
> lrud          16392   0.0   0.6 root
> cron         233678   0.0   1.3 root
> init              1   0.0   0.7 root
> netm          77862   0.0   0.4 root
> aixmibd      122992   0.0   1.0 root
> topas_nm     794666   0.0   1.8 perfby

> Regards

> On 15 nov, 19:43, Sergei - Lab128 <ser...@usa.com> wrote:

> > Hi Chris,

> > Thank you for the update.

> > I am trying to make topas on AIX work with lab128. I also have topas
> > output samples from another user. What I have seen that sometimes data
> > in adjacent columns have no delimiter.  For example,  USER and PID
> > columns in your snapshot. From another snapshots, it was even worse:
> > the CPU, I/O and OTHER columns all merged into one number string. This
> > makes impossible for something like awk to parse into the pieces.
> > There is a hope that the columns have a fixed length, which is not
> > true for at least one column - OTHER. Not sure it is going to be
> > reliable for other columns.

> > Still working on it.
> > Sergei

> > On Nov 15, 5:09 am, ccorgnet <ccorg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > Hello Sergei

> > > Thanks a lot for your quick answer which answers to most of my needs !

> > > Il think that the closest equivalent to linux top command for aix
> > > topas is :

> > > topas  -i6 -P (no -b batch mode nore -c command line)

> > > and the output looks like this (unfortunately quite different from top
> > > standard output ...)

> > > Topas Monitor for host:    bt1sia50v2  Interval:   6    Mon Nov 15
> > > 10:56:55 2010

> > >                                 DATA  TEXT  PAGE
> > > PGFAULTS
> > > USER        PID    PPID PRI NI   RES   RES SPACE    TIME CPU%  I/O
> > > OTH COMMAND
> > > oracle  8626362       1  73 20  1534  4704  1534    0:04  2.0 2186
> > > 1126 oracle
> > > best1   8364168 8462582  60 20  4837   168  4837   51:11  0.3    0
> > > 0 bgscolle
> > > root     274566       0  16 41    17     0    17 4457:20  0.2    0
> > > 0 lrud
> > > ccorgnet8847552 8569014  62 20  3751    17  3751    0:00  0.1    0
> > > 1868 topas
> > > best1exp8515782 8933556  60 20   260    48   260    0:00  0.1    0
> > > 1845 awk
> > > best1   8462582       1  60 20  7165   143  7165   26:46  0.1    0
> > > 306 bgsagent
> > > root    8679430       1  68 24  8455   264  8455  135:03  0.1    0
> > > 981 PatrolAg
> > > best1exp8184038       1  64 22   858   243   858    0:05  0.0    1
> > > 2 udrColle
> > > root    1368232       1  39 41    17     0    17    7:59  0.0   25
> > > 11 aioserve
> > > root    1728600       1  39 41    16     0    16    4:43  0.0   22
> > > 14 aioserve
> > > best1exp7954624       1  64 22   920   243   920    0:06  0.0    0
> > > 2 udrColle
> > > root     331954       0  38 41   115     0   115   54:30  0.0    0
> > > 0 j2pg
> > > root     319496       1  60 20   146     1   146 6552:27  0.0    0
> > > 0 syncd
> > > root     299154       0  37 41    31     0    31  154:31  0.0    0
> > > 0 gil
> > > root     381164       1  60 20  3295     0  3295   92:30  0.0    0
> > > 0 errdemon
> > > root    1171704       1  60 20  3721   149  3792   87:21  0.0    0
> > > 23 nbrmms
> > > root     634948       1  60 20    89     6    89   64:59  0.0    0
> > > 0 getty
> > > root    1892442 1052700  60 20   141    69   141   36:54  0.0    0
> > > 0 acsssi
> > > root     733304  442414  60 20  7006   131  7019   36:38  0.0    0
> > > 0 IBM.CSMA
> > > root          1       0  60 20   187     8   187   31:19  0.0    0
> > > 0 init

> > > Regards

> > > On 10 nov, 18:01, Sergei - Lab128 <ser...@usa.com> wrote:

> > > > Hi Chris

> > > > Yes, you can customize the command:
> > > > - stop lab128;
> > > > - edit lab128.ini file, find [lab128] section, then insert the line:

> Let me ask you about 'nmon' open-source utility for AIX. Are you using
> it? Also interesting how popular is nmon on this platform, how
> difficult to install etc. nmon is not supported by IBM, but they
> mention it in the documentation. Its output seems to be much closer to
> the 'top' and supports "batch" mode. There are screen shots of nmon on
> Wikipedia.

> On Nov 16, 10:30 am, ccorgnet <ccorg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hie Sergei

> > Guess this merging columns feature will be hard to bypass !

> > Another option, though quite slightly different from standard top
> > output (less rich for top process output but with a right hand side
> > hard set) could be :

> > topas -c 0 -n 0 -i 6

> > Depending on the aix platform - 5.2 or 6.1 in my case - you'll get one
> > of these results which might be easier to handle with such a tool as
> > awk ?

> > ============================= OR  (Aix 5.2)
> > ===============================
> > Topas Monitor for host:    bt1sia50v2           EVENTS/QUEUES    FILE/
> > TTY
> > Tue Nov 16 16:28:00 2010   Interval:  6         Cswitch
> > Readch
> >                                                 Syscall
> > Writech
> > Kernel    4.3   |##                          |  Reads            Rawin
> > User      8.3   |###                         |  Writes
> > Ttyout
> > Wait      4.4   |##                          |  Forks
> > Igets         0
> > Idle     83.1   |########################    |  Execs
> > Namei         0
> >                                                 Runqueue
> > Dirblk        0
> > Name            PID  CPU%  PgSp Owner           Waitqueue
> > syncd        319496   0.0   0.6 root
> > lrud         274566   0.0   0.1 root            PAGING
> > MEMORY
> > gil          299154   0.0   0.1 root            Faults        0
> > Real,MB   30975
> > PatrolAg    8679430   0.0  33.8 root            Steals        0  %
> > Comp     43.8
> > errdemon     381164   0.0  12.9 root            PgspIn        0  %
> > Noncomp  48.6
> > nbrmms      1171704   0.0  15.2 root            PgspOut       0  %
> > Client   48.7
> > getty        634948   0.0   0.3 root            PageIn        0
> > j2pg         331954   0.0   0.4 root            PageOut       0
> > PAGING SPACE
> > tar         8663074   0.0 226.6 root            Sios          0
> > Size,MB    4096
> > acsssi      1892442   0.0   0.6 root                             %
> > Used      1.6
> > IBM.CSMA     733304   0.0  27.6 root            NFS (calls/sec)  %
> > Free     98.3
> > tar         8528092   0.0  22.6 root            ServerV2       0
> > init              1   0.0   0.7 root            ClientV2       0
> > Press:
> > vxsald       626784   0.0   8.4 root            ServerV3       0   "h"
> > for help
> > oracle      8265808   0.0   8.7 oracle          ClientV3       0   "q"
> > to quit
> > oracle      8536216   0.0   6.3 oracle
> > rmcd         557118   0.0   2.5 root
> > reaper       270468   0.0   0.1 root
> > pcmsrv       671822   0.0   2.1 root
> > nbsvcmon    1802360   0.0   5.2 root

> > ============================= OR  (Aix 6.1)
> > ===============================
> > Topas Monitor for host:    bt1sia62v13          EVENTS/QUEUES    FILE/
> > TTY
> > Tue Nov 16 16:27:46 2010   Interval:  6         Cswitch
> > Readch
> >                                                 Syscall
> > Writech
> > CPU  User%  Kern%  Wait%  Idle%  Physc   Entc   Reads            Rawin
> >                                   0.00    1.4   Writes
> > Ttyout
> >                                                 Forks            Igets
> > FileSystem        KBPS     TPS KB-Read KB-Writ  Execs            Namei
> >                                                 Runqueue
> > Dirblk
> >                                                 Waitqueue
> > Name            PID  CPU%  PgSp Owner
> > MEMORY
> > syncd        172196   0.0   0.5 root            PAGING
> > Real,MB
> > getty        352480   0.0   0.5 root            Faults           %
> > Comp
> > java         307376   0.0  48.4 pconsole        Steals           %
> > Noncomp
> > IBM.CSMA     331972   0.0  10.2 root            PgspIn           %
> > Client
> > gil           81960   0.0   0.9 root            PgspOut
> > bgsagent     815268   0.0   8.6 best1           PageIn
> > PAGING SPACE
> > topasrec     315548   0.0   1.1 root            PageOut
> > Size,MB
> > rmcd         299226   0.0   6.5 root            Sios             %
> > Used
> > bgscolle    1265854   0.0   7.3 best1                            %
> > Free
> > rpc.lock     270506   0.0   1.2 root            NFS (calls/sec)
> > pcmsrv       311458   0.0   1.2 root            SerV2            WPAR
> > Activ    0
> > xmgc          45078   0.0   0.4 root            CliV2            WPAR
> > Total    0
> > tnslsnr      561210   0.0  15.1 oracle          SerV3
> > Press: "h"-help
> > sendmail     229488   0.0   1.1 root
> > CliV3                   "q"-quit
> > lrud          16392   0.0   0.6 root
> > cron         233678   0.0   1.3 root
> > init              1   0.0   0.7 root
> > netm          77862   0.0   0.4 root
> > aixmibd      122992   0.0   1.0 root
> > topas_nm     794666   0.0   1.8 perfby

> > Regards

> > On 15 nov, 19:43, Sergei - Lab128 <ser...@usa.com> wrote:

> > > Hi Chris,

> > > Thank you for the update.

> > > I am trying to make topas on AIX work with lab128. I also have topas
> > > output samples from another user. What I have seen that sometimes data
> > > in adjacent columns have no delimiter.  For example,  USER and PID
> > > columns in your snapshot. From another snapshots, it was even worse:
> > > the CPU, I/O and OTHER columns all merged into one number string. This
> > > makes impossible for something like awk to parse into the pieces.
> > > There is a hope that the columns have a fixed length, which is not
> > > true for at least one column - OTHER. Not sure it is going to be
> > > reliable for other columns.

> > > Still working on it.
> > > Sergei

> > > On Nov 15, 5:09 am, ccorgnet <ccorg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > Hello Sergei

> > > > Thanks a lot for your quick answer which answers to most of my needs !

> > > > Il think that the closest equivalent to linux top command for aix
> > > > topas is :

> > > > topas  -i6 -P (no -b batch mode nore -c command line)

> > > > and the output looks like this (unfortunately quite different from top
> > > > standard output ...)

> > > > Topas Monitor for host:    bt1sia50v2  Interval:   6    Mon Nov 15
> > > > 10:56:55 2010

> > > >                                 DATA  TEXT  PAGE
> > > > PGFAULTS
> > > > USER        PID    PPID PRI NI   RES   RES SPACE    TIME CPU%  I/O
> > > > OTH COMMAND
> > > > oracle  8626362       1  73 20  1534  4704  1534    0:04  2.0 2186
> > > > 1126 oracle
> > > > best1   8364168 8462582  60 20  4837   168  4837   51:11  0.3    0
> > > > 0 bgscolle
> > > > root     274566       0  16 41    17     0    17 4457:20  0.2    0
> > > > 0 lrud
> > > > ccorgnet8847552 8569014  62 20  3751    17  3751    0:00  0.1    0
> > > > 1868 topas
> > > > best1exp8515782 8933556  60 20   260    48   260    0:00  0.1    0
> > > > 1845 awk
> > > > best1   8462582       1  60 20  7165   143  7165   26:46  0.1    0
> > > > 306 bgsagent
> > > > root    8679430       1  68 24  8455   264  8455  135:03  0.1    0
> > > > 981 PatrolAg
> > > > best1exp8184038       1  64 22   858   243   858    0:05  0.0    1
> > > > 2 udrColle
> > > > root    1368232       1  39 41    17     0    17    7:59  0.0   25
> > > > 11 aioserve
> > > > root    1728600       1  39 41    16     0    16    4:43  0.0   22
> > > > 14 aioserve
> > > > best1exp7954624       1  64 22   920   243   920    0:06  0.0    0
> > > > 2 udrColle
> > > > root     331954       0  38 41   115     0   115   54:30  0.0    0
> > > > 0 j2pg
> > > > root     319496       1  60 20   146     1   146 6552:27  0.0    0
> > > > 0 syncd
> > > > root     299154       0  37 41    31     0    31  154:31  0.0    0
> > > > 0 gil
> > > > root     381164       1  60 20  3295     0  3295   92:30  0.0    0
> > > > 0 errdemon
> > > > root    1171704       1  60 20  3721   149  3792  

> Yes nmon is usually installed on our  most critical platforms because
> of its support of historical performance data !
> It has become a standard in Aix 6.1. Do you provide a support with
> that tool ? (it would be great !!)

> On 16 nov, 17:20, Sergei - Lab128 <ser...@usa.com> wrote:

> > This output can be a challenge for awk, but probably less difficult
> > parsing in a program. One thing I noticed is CPU 0% for all processes.
> > Is that because these were the very first snapshots, and following
> > screens will show CPU non-zero?

> > Let me ask you about 'nmon' open-source utility for AIX. Are you using
> > it? Also interesting how popular is nmon on this platform, how
> > difficult to install etc. nmon is not supported by IBM, but they
> > mention it in the documentation. Its output seems to be much closer to
> > the 'top' and supports "batch" mode. There are screen shots of nmon on
> > Wikipedia.

> > On Nov 16, 10:30 am, ccorgnet <ccorg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > Hie Sergei

> > > Guess this merging columns feature will be hard to bypass !

> > > Another option, though quite slightly different from standard top
> > > output (less rich for top process output but with a right hand side
> > > hard set) could be :

> > > topas -c 0 -n 0 -i 6

> > > Depending on the aix platform - 5.2 or 6.1 in my case - you'll get one
> > > of these results which might be easier to handle with such a tool as
> > > awk ?

> > > ============================= OR  (Aix 5.2)
> > > ===============================
> > > Topas Monitor for host:    bt1sia50v2           EVENTS/QUEUES    FILE/
> > > TTY
> > > Tue Nov 16 16:28:00 2010   Interval:  6         Cswitch
> > > Readch
> > >                                                 Syscall
> > > Writech
> > > Kernel    4.3   |##                          |  Reads            Rawin
> > > User      8.3   |###                         |  Writes
> > > Ttyout
> > > Wait      4.4   |##                          |  Forks
> > > Igets         0
> > > Idle     83.1   |########################    |  Execs
> > > Namei         0
> > >                                                 Runqueue
> > > Dirblk        0
> > > Name            PID  CPU%  PgSp Owner           Waitqueue
> > > syncd        319496   0.0   0.6 root
> > > lrud         274566   0.0   0.1 root            PAGING
> > > MEMORY
> > > gil          299154   0.0   0.1 root            Faults        0
> > > Real,MB   30975
> > > PatrolAg    8679430   0.0  33.8 root            Steals        0  %
> > > Comp     43.8
> > > errdemon     381164   0.0  12.9 root            PgspIn        0  %
> > > Noncomp  48.6
> > > nbrmms      1171704   0.0  15.2 root            PgspOut       0  %
> > > Client   48.7
> > > getty        634948   0.0   0.3 root            PageIn        0
> > > j2pg         331954   0.0   0.4 root            PageOut       0
> > > PAGING SPACE
> > > tar         8663074   0.0 226.6 root            Sios          0
> > > Size,MB    4096
> > > acsssi      1892442   0.0   0.6 root                             %
> > > Used      1.6
> > > IBM.CSMA     733304   0.0  27.6 root            NFS (calls/sec)  %
> > > Free     98.3
> > > tar         8528092   0.0  22.6 root            ServerV2       0
> > > init              1   0.0   0.7 root            ClientV2       0
> > > Press:
> > > vxsald       626784   0.0   8.4 root            ServerV3       0   "h"
> > > for help
> > > oracle      8265808   0.0   8.7 oracle          ClientV3       0   "q"
> > > to quit
> > > oracle      8536216   0.0   6.3 oracle
> > > rmcd         557118   0.0   2.5 root
> > > reaper       270468   0.0   0.1 root
> > > pcmsrv       671822   0.0   2.1 root
> > > nbsvcmon    1802360   0.0   5.2 root

> > > ============================= OR  (Aix 6.1)
> > > ===============================
> > > Topas Monitor for host:    bt1sia62v13          EVENTS/QUEUES    FILE/
> > > TTY
> > > Tue Nov 16 16:27:46 2010   Interval:  6         Cswitch
> > > Readch
> > >                                                 Syscall
> > > Writech
> > > CPU  User%  Kern%  Wait%  Idle%  Physc   Entc   Reads            Rawin
> > >                                   0.00    1.4   Writes
> > > Ttyout
> > >                                                 Forks            Igets
> > > FileSystem        KBPS     TPS KB-Read KB-Writ  Execs            Namei
> > >                                                 Runqueue
> > > Dirblk
> > >                                                 Waitqueue
> > > Name            PID  CPU%  PgSp Owner
> > > MEMORY
> > > syncd        172196   0.0   0.5 root            PAGING
> > > Real,MB
> > > getty        352480   0.0   0.5 root            Faults           %
> > > Comp
> > > java         307376   0.0  48.4 pconsole        Steals           %
> > > Noncomp
> > > IBM.CSMA     331972   0.0  10.2 root            PgspIn           %
> > > Client
> > > gil           81960   0.0   0.9 root            PgspOut
> > > bgsagent     815268   0.0   8.6 best1           PageIn
> > > PAGING SPACE
> > > topasrec     315548   0.0   1.1 root            PageOut
> > > Size,MB
> > > rmcd         299226   0.0   6.5 root            Sios             %
> > > Used
> > > bgscolle    1265854   0.0   7.3 best1                            %
> > > Free
> > > rpc.lock     270506   0.0   1.2 root            NFS (calls/sec)
> > > pcmsrv       311458   0.0   1.2 root            SerV2            WPAR
> > > Activ    0
> > > xmgc          45078   0.0   0.4 root            CliV2            WPAR
> > > Total    0
> > > tnslsnr      561210   0.0  15.1 oracle          SerV3
> > > Press: "h"-help
> > > sendmail     229488   0.0   1.1 root
> > > CliV3                   "q"-quit
> > > lrud          16392   0.0   0.6 root
> > > cron         233678   0.0   1.3 root
> > > init              1   0.0   0.7 root
> > > netm          77862   0.0   0.4 root
> > > aixmibd      122992   0.0   1.0 root
> > > topas_nm     794666   0.0   1.8 perfby

> > > Regards

> > > On 15 nov, 19:43, Sergei - Lab128 <ser...@usa.com> wrote:

> > > > Hi Chris,

> > > > Thank you for the update.

> > > > I am trying to make topas on AIX work with lab128. I also have topas
> > > > output samples from another user. What I have seen that sometimes data
> > > > in adjacent columns have no delimiter.  For example,  USER and PID
> > > > columns in your snapshot. From another snapshots, it was even worse:
> > > > the CPU, I/O and OTHER columns all merged into one number string. This
> > > > makes impossible for something like awk to parse into the pieces.
> > > > There is a hope that the columns have a fixed length, which is not
> > > > true for at least one column - OTHER. Not sure it is going to be
> > > > reliable for other columns.

> > > > Still working on it.
> > > > Sergei

> > > > On Nov 15, 5:09 am, ccorgnet <ccorg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > > Hello Sergei

> > > > > Thanks a lot for your quick answer which answers to most of my needs !

> > > > > Il think that the closest equivalent to linux top command for aix
> > > > > topas is :

> > > > > topas  -i6 -P (no -b batch mode nore -c command line)

> > > > > and the output looks like this (unfortunately quite different from top
> > > > > standard output ...)

> > > > > Topas Monitor for host:    bt1sia50v2  Interval:   6    Mon Nov 15
> > > > > 10:56:55 2010

> > > > >                                 DATA  TEXT  PAGE
> > > > > PGFAULTS
> > > > > USER        PID    PPID PRI NI   RES   RES SPACE    TIME CPU%  I/O
> > > > > OTH COMMAND
> > > > > oracle  8626362       1  73 20  1534  4704  1534    0:04  2.0 2186
> > > > > 1126 oracle
> > > > > best1   8364168 8462582  60 20  4837   168  4837   51:11  0.3    0
> > > > > 0 bgscolle
> > > > > root     274566       0  16 41    17     0    17 4457:20  0.2    0
> > > > > 0 lrud
> > > > > ccorgnet8847552 8569014  62 20  3751    17  3751    0:00  0.1    0
> > > > > 1868 topas
> > > > > best1exp8515782 8933556  60 20   260    48   260    0:00  0.1    0
> > > > > 1845 awk
> > > > > best1   8462582       1  60 20  7165   143  7165   26:46  0.1    0
> > > > > 306 bgsagent
> > > > > root    8679430       1  68 24  8455   264  8455  135:03  0.1    0
> > > > > 981 PatrolAg
> > > > > best1exp8184038       1  64 22   858   243   858    0:05  0.0    1
> > > > > 2 udrColle
> > > > > root    1368232       1  39 41    17     0    17    7:59  0.0   25
> > > > > 11 aioserve
> > > > > root    1728600       1  39 41    16     0    16    4:43  0.0   22

> # Korn Shell example
> export NMON=u6    # using switch u in mode 6
> than just launch nmon -s 2

> ┌─topas_nmon──c=CPU──────────────Host=bt1sia37v1─────Refresh=2
> secs───19:11.00─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
> │ Top-Processes-(1785) ────Mode=6  [1=Basic 2=CPU 3=Perf 4=Size 5=I/O
> 6=Cmds]──────────────────────────────────────────────│
> │Procs    %usr      %sys     Res      Res      Char Paging
> Command                                                         │
> │Total=122                Text-KB  Data-KB   I/O-
> KB
> │
> │   50   50.4291 1515.5907       0    1988        0    357
> wait                                                            │
> │    1   23.8308    4.0516    4208   68656     4638   8196
> PatrolAgent                                                     │
> │    4   42.8725    8.5982    3536    3268     8807      1
> CTD_sock_cli                                                    │
> │  290  333.5168   85.5213 37277760 2577800   137024      0
> oracle                                                         │
> │   46  227.4449   18.3925  211232 4958808    11069     45
> RATE                                                            │
> │   86    5.5530    5.1862   20984   52056       24   7490
> ksh                                                             │
> │    4    7.2192    2.2533     144    2032     3823      0
> recept_dir.x                                                    │
> │    1    3.1314    3.8634    4668   33508        0    224
> bgsagent                                                        │
> │    1    0.1698    6.5090     200     932    13504     13
> ftpd                                                            │
> │    1    5.2450    0.0000       0     148        0      0
> lrud                                                            │
> │    1    3.0975    1.3717    1876   20748        1     34
> topas_nmon                                                      │
> │    7    4.9312    0.2054    1016  582068        3      0
> java                                                            │
> │ 1000   23.2573    0.0000       0   58796        0    184
> aioserver                                                       │
> │    2    0.3387    0.2184   45504   25636        0    118
> tnslsnr                                                         │
> │   12    0.5918    0.1006    4656   56304       22      0
> Serv_CLI2G                                                      │
> │    5    0.5270    0.8273     120   60908        0      9
> GWTDOMAIN                                                       │
> │    4   -0.0491    0.9622       0     208        0     41
> sched                                                           │
> │    1    0.2500    0.0000       0    2448        0      0
> pilegc                                                          │
> │    1    0.1687    0.0000       0     116        0      0 gil = TCP/
> IP                                                    │
> │    3    0.0360    0.3124       0     144        0      1
> swapper                                                         │
> │    1    0.1565    0.0000       0      52        0      0
> xmgc                                                            │
> │    1    0.1044    0.0000       0      48        0      0
> random

> FYI Here are the availables switches in Aix 5.3

> ┌─HELP─────────most-keys-toggle-on/off────────────────────────┐
> │h = Help information     q = Quit nmon             0 = reset peak
> counts                    │
> │+ = double refresh time  - = half refresh          r = ResourcesCPU/
> HW/MHz/AIX      │
> │c = CPU by processor     C=upto 128 CPUs           p = LPAR Stats (if
> LPAR)        │
> │l = CPU avg longer term  k = Kernel Internal       # = PhysicalCPU if
> SPLPAR        │
> │m = Memory & Paging      M = Multiple Page Sizes  P = Paging
> Space                 │
> │d = DiskI/O Graphs       D = DiskIO +Service times o = Disks %Busy
> Map            │
> │a = Disk Adapter         e = ESS vpath stats       V = Volume Group
> stats               │
> │^ = FC Adapter (fcstat)  O = VIOS SEA (entstat)    v = Verbose=OK/
> Warn/Danger   │
> │n = Network stats        N=NFS stats (NN for v4)   j = JFS Usage
> stats                    │
> │A = Async I/O Servers    w = see AIX wait procs   "="= Net/Disk KB<-->MB            │

> │b = black&white mode     g = User-Defined-Disk-Groups (see cmdline -
> g)                │
> │t = Top-Process --->     1=basic 2=CPU-Use 3=CPU(default) 4=Size
> 5=Disk-I/O      │
> │u = Top+cmd arguments    U = Top+WLM Classes       . = only busy
> disks & procs│
> │W = WLM Section          S = WLM
> SubClasses)                                                  │
> │~ = Switch to topas
> screen
> │
> │Need more details?  Then stop nmon and use: nmon
> -?

> Other example if you set value "pkt3"
> export NMON=pkt3 you'll get something very useful like this :

> ┌─topas_nmon──j=JFS──────────────Host=bt1sia37v1─────Refresh=2
> secs───19:18.24─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
> │ Shared-CPU-Logical-Partition
> ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─────────────────│
> │Partition:Number=2
> "bt1sia37v1"
> │
> │Flags:LPARed DRable SMT-bound Dedicated
> Sharable.
> │
> │Summary: Entitled=25.00  Used    24.98 ( 99.9%) 78.1% of CPUs in
> System                                                   │
> │
> │
> │CPU-Stats---------   Capacity----------------  ID-
> Memory--------------------
> │
> │max Phys in sys  64  Cap. Processor Min 16.00  LPAR ID Group:Pool
> 0:65535                                                │
> │Phys CPU in sys  32  Cap. Processor Max 28.00  Memory(GB) Min:Max
> 58:185                                                 │
> │Virtual Online   25  Cap. Increment      1.00  Memory(GB) Online
> 142                                                   │
> │Logical Online   50  Cap. Unallocated    2.00  Memory Region LMB
> 256MB min                                              │
> │Physical pool     0  Cap. Entitled      25.00  Time------------------
> Seconds                                              │
> │SMT threads/CPU   2   -MinReqVirtualCPU  1.00  Time Dispatch Wheel
> 0.0000                                              │
> │CPU---------Min-Max  Weight------------------  MaxDispatch Latency
> 0.0000                                              │
> │Virtual      16  28  Weight Variable        0  Time Pool Idle
> 0.0000                                              │
> │Logical      16  56  Weight Unallocated     0  Time Total Dispatch
> 24.9841                                              │
> │-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
> │
> │Event= 0 ---    ---     SerialNo Old=---    Current=C2F7EA
> When=---                                                       │
> │-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
> │
> │Donating LPAR stats are not support in this nmon
> version
> │
> │
> │
> │ Kernel