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The new VIOS performance advisor toolI updated my lab VIOS to the latest fix pack (V2.2.2.1) this week and thought I’d try the new VIOS part command. This new command is an improved version of the existing vios_advisor tool. The major difference between the two is the fact that the new tool is now included with VIOS code and will be updated via new VIOS fix packs. The following link has some information on using the command:
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This new tool “Provides performance reports with suggestions for making configurational changes to the environment, and helps to identify areas for further investigation. The reports are based on the key performance metrics of various partition resources that are collected from the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) environment.” Just like the old VIOS advisor.
I ran the tool for 10 minutes on my idle VIOS, just to see how the new XML report looked.
$ whoami padmin
$ ioslevel 2.2.2.1
$ part -? usage: part {-i INTERVAL | -f FILENAME} [-t LEVEL] [--help|-?] -i <minutes> interval can range between 10-60 -f <file> any nmon recording -t <level> 1 - Basic logging, 2 - Detailed logging -? usage message
$ part -i 10 part:
Reports are successfully generated in vios
When the command finished, I found the following tar file in padmin’s home directory. The tar file contained a number of files but the most interesting files were the XML and nmon files.
$ ls -ltr total 1352 drwxrwxr-- 2 padmin staff 256 Aug 07 2010 config drwxr-xr-x 3 padmin staff 256 Aug 11 2010 tivoli drwxr-xr-x 2 538804364 staff 256 Oct 08 16:29 mnt -rwxr-xr-x 1 padmin staff 3141 Jan 16 15:05 ck_sum.bff drwxr-x--- 2 padmin staff 32768 Jan 16 15:10 update -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 409139 Jan 16 15:56 install.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 3828 Jan 18 11:26 ioscli.log -rw-r--r-- 1 padmin
staff 204800 Jan 18 11:37
vios
$ tar -tvf
vios drwxr-xr-x
10 1 0 Jan 18 11:37:07 2013 ./vi drwxr-xr-x
10 1 0 Jan 18 11:37:07 2013
./vi -r--r--r--
10 1
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./vi -r--r--r--
10 1
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10 1
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10 1
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10 1
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./vi -r--r--r--
10 1
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./vi -r--r--r--
10 1
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10 1
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./vi -r--r--r--
10 1
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10 1
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10 1
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I then scp’ed the tar file to my
laptop, extracted it and opened the vios
I was also able to open the nmon file using the nmon analyser tool. It produced typical nmon performance graphs as you’d expect.
So, not only does the new part tool run the VIOS advisor it also captures nmon performance data at the same time.
This is rather impressive and a great move by IBM. The original VIOS advisor tool was free and of course not officially supported by IBM (although the development team were very responsive to requests from users of the tool). The new tool is fully supported by the IBM team and as a result will only get better and better as time goes by. I’m not a fan of the new command name, part (good luck trying to google it!), I still prefer vios_advisor but hey, what’s in a name, right?
I look forward to seeing what comes next!
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Thank you for posting. Its very nice for lesson learn.
