Perfstat is a tool for capturing performance and configuration statistics from Windows hosts and NetApp storage controllers. It uses rsh/ssh to remotely collect data. Perfstat can capture data from one Windows system and multiple controllers simultaneously over a specified time period. It is commonly used to monitor systems for 24 hours by running multiple short samples throughout the day rather than one long sample.
Operating systems control our hardware and run our applications on them, how can we monitor linux operating system?
When we speak about monitoring it's the matter of all hardwares and users.
The slides below will describe the very common command line basic tools for monitoring.
Quontra Solutions offers Job oriented Linux online training with updated technologies. For more info about our Linux online training contact us directly. We are providing Linux online training to all students throughout worldwide by real time faculties. Our Linux training strengthens your skills and knowledge which will helps you to gain a competitive advantage in starting your career. Outclasses will help you to gain knowledge on real time scenario. It will be most use full to boost up your career.
Our training sessions are designed in such a way that all the students can be convenient with the training schedules and course timings.
Along with Training, we also conduct several mock interviews along with Job Placement Assistance. Attend Free Demo before joining the class.
Our Features:
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Operating systems control our hardware and run our applications on them, how can we monitor linux operating system?
When we speak about monitoring it's the matter of all hardwares and users.
The slides below will describe the very common command line basic tools for monitoring.
Quontra Solutions offers Job oriented Linux online training with updated technologies. For more info about our Linux online training contact us directly. We are providing Linux online training to all students throughout worldwide by real time faculties. Our Linux training strengthens your skills and knowledge which will helps you to gain a competitive advantage in starting your career. Outclasses will help you to gain knowledge on real time scenario. It will be most use full to boost up your career.
Our training sessions are designed in such a way that all the students can be convenient with the training schedules and course timings.
Along with Training, we also conduct several mock interviews along with Job Placement Assistance. Attend Free Demo before joining the class.
Our Features:
• Real world projects to get practical based experience
• Online tests to explore the resource learning
• Experienced certified trainers as instructors
• One to one personalized training with desktop access
• Case studies and state of art library to access study material
• Resume build assistance to win in interviews
Contact us:
Simson Andrew
Email: info@quontrasolutions.com
web: www.quontrasolutions.com
The Linux Kernel Implementation of Pipes and FIFOsDivye Kapoor
A walkthrough of the code structure used in the linux kernel to implement pipes and FIFOs.
This was presented to a Senior level class at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
Building Network Functions with eBPF & BCCKernel TLV
eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) is an in-kernel virtual machine that allows running user-supplied sandboxed programs inside of the kernel. It is especially well-suited to network programs and it's possible to write programs that filter traffic, classify traffic and perform high-performance custom packet processing.
BCC (BPF Compiler Collection) is a toolkit for creating efficient kernel tracing and manipulation programs. It makes use of eBPF.
BCC provides an end-to-end workflow for developing eBPF programs and supplies Python bindings, making eBPF programs much easier to write.
Together, eBPF and BCC allow you to develop and deploy network functions safely and easily, focusing on your application logic (instead of kernel datapath integration).
In this session, we will introduce eBPF and BCC, explain how to implement a network function using BCC, discuss some real-life use-cases and show a live demonstration of the technology.
About the speaker
Shmulik Ladkani, Chief Technology Officer at Meta Networks,
Long time network veteran and kernel geek.
Shmulik started his career at Jungo (acquired by NDS/Cisco) implementing residential gateway software, focusing on embedded Linux, Linux kernel, networking and hardware/software integration.
Some billions of forwarded packets later, Shmulik left his position as Jungo's lead architect and joined Ravello Systems (acquired by Oracle) as tech lead, developing a virtual data center as a cloud-based service, focusing around virtualization systems, network virtualization and SDN.
Recently he co-founded Meta Networks where he's been busy architecting secure, multi-tenant, large-scale network infrastructure as a cloud-based service.
Kernel Recipes 2015: Linux Kernel IO subsystem - How it works and how can I s...Anne Nicolas
Understanding how Linux kernel IO subsystem works is a key to analysis of a wide variety of issues occurring when running a Linux system. This talk is aimed at helping Linux users understand what is going on and how to get more insight into what is happening.
First we present an overview of Linux kernel block layer including different IO schedulers. We also talk about a new block multiqueue implementation that gets used for more and more devices.
After surveying the basic architecture we will be prepared to talk about tools to peek into it. We start with lightweight monitoring like iostat and continue with more heavy blktrace and variety of tools that are based on it. We demonstrate use of the tools on analysis of real world issues.
Jan Kara, SUSE
Agenda:
The Linux kernel has multiple "tracers" built-in, with various degrees of support for aggregation, dynamic probes, parameter processing, filtering, histograms, and other features. Starting from the venerable ftrace, introduced in kernel 2.6, all the way through eBPF, which is still under development, there are many options to choose from when you need to statically instrument your software with probes, or diagnose issues in the field using the system's dynamic probes. Modern tools include SystemTap, Sysdig, ktap, perf, bcc, and others. In this talk, we will begin by reviewing the modern tracing landscape -- ftrace, perf_events, kprobes, uprobes, eBPF -- and what insight into system activity these tools can offer. Then, we will look at specific examples of using tracing tools for diagnostics: tracing a memory leak using low-overhead kmalloc/kfree instrumentation, diagnosing a CPU caching issue using perf stat, probing network and block I/O latency distributions under load, or merely snooping user activities by capturing terminal input and output.
Speaker:
Sasha is the CTO of Sela Group, a training and consulting company based in Israel that employs over 400 developers world-wide. Most of Sasha's work revolves around performance optimization, production debugging, and low-level system diagnostics, but he also dabbles in mobile application development on iOS and Android. Sasha is the author of two books and three Pluralsight courses, and a contributor to multiple open-source projects. He blogs at http://blog.sashag.net.
This talk is all about the Berkeley Packet Filters (BPF) and their uses in Linux.
Agenda:
* What is a BPF and why do we need it?
* Writing custom BPFs
* Notes on BPF implementation in the kernel
* Usage examples: SOCKET_FILTER & seccomp
Speaker:
Kfir Gollan, senior embedded software developer, Linux kernel hacker and software team leader.
An Introduction to eBPF (and cBPF). Topics covered include history, implementation, program types & maps. Also gives a brief introduction to XDP and DPDK
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 a new method of interacting with netfilter has been introduced: firewalld.
firewalld is a system daemon that:
Can configure and monitor the system firewall rules
Applications can talk to firewalld to request ports to be opened using the Dbus messaging system
Both covers IPv4, IPv6, and potentially ebtables settings is installed from the firewalld package. This package is part of a base install , but not part of a minimal install
Simplifies firewall management by classifying all network traffic into zones.
The Linux Kernel Implementation of Pipes and FIFOsDivye Kapoor
A walkthrough of the code structure used in the linux kernel to implement pipes and FIFOs.
This was presented to a Senior level class at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
Building Network Functions with eBPF & BCCKernel TLV
eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) is an in-kernel virtual machine that allows running user-supplied sandboxed programs inside of the kernel. It is especially well-suited to network programs and it's possible to write programs that filter traffic, classify traffic and perform high-performance custom packet processing.
BCC (BPF Compiler Collection) is a toolkit for creating efficient kernel tracing and manipulation programs. It makes use of eBPF.
BCC provides an end-to-end workflow for developing eBPF programs and supplies Python bindings, making eBPF programs much easier to write.
Together, eBPF and BCC allow you to develop and deploy network functions safely and easily, focusing on your application logic (instead of kernel datapath integration).
In this session, we will introduce eBPF and BCC, explain how to implement a network function using BCC, discuss some real-life use-cases and show a live demonstration of the technology.
About the speaker
Shmulik Ladkani, Chief Technology Officer at Meta Networks,
Long time network veteran and kernel geek.
Shmulik started his career at Jungo (acquired by NDS/Cisco) implementing residential gateway software, focusing on embedded Linux, Linux kernel, networking and hardware/software integration.
Some billions of forwarded packets later, Shmulik left his position as Jungo's lead architect and joined Ravello Systems (acquired by Oracle) as tech lead, developing a virtual data center as a cloud-based service, focusing around virtualization systems, network virtualization and SDN.
Recently he co-founded Meta Networks where he's been busy architecting secure, multi-tenant, large-scale network infrastructure as a cloud-based service.
Kernel Recipes 2015: Linux Kernel IO subsystem - How it works and how can I s...Anne Nicolas
Understanding how Linux kernel IO subsystem works is a key to analysis of a wide variety of issues occurring when running a Linux system. This talk is aimed at helping Linux users understand what is going on and how to get more insight into what is happening.
First we present an overview of Linux kernel block layer including different IO schedulers. We also talk about a new block multiqueue implementation that gets used for more and more devices.
After surveying the basic architecture we will be prepared to talk about tools to peek into it. We start with lightweight monitoring like iostat and continue with more heavy blktrace and variety of tools that are based on it. We demonstrate use of the tools on analysis of real world issues.
Jan Kara, SUSE
Agenda:
The Linux kernel has multiple "tracers" built-in, with various degrees of support for aggregation, dynamic probes, parameter processing, filtering, histograms, and other features. Starting from the venerable ftrace, introduced in kernel 2.6, all the way through eBPF, which is still under development, there are many options to choose from when you need to statically instrument your software with probes, or diagnose issues in the field using the system's dynamic probes. Modern tools include SystemTap, Sysdig, ktap, perf, bcc, and others. In this talk, we will begin by reviewing the modern tracing landscape -- ftrace, perf_events, kprobes, uprobes, eBPF -- and what insight into system activity these tools can offer. Then, we will look at specific examples of using tracing tools for diagnostics: tracing a memory leak using low-overhead kmalloc/kfree instrumentation, diagnosing a CPU caching issue using perf stat, probing network and block I/O latency distributions under load, or merely snooping user activities by capturing terminal input and output.
Speaker:
Sasha is the CTO of Sela Group, a training and consulting company based in Israel that employs over 400 developers world-wide. Most of Sasha's work revolves around performance optimization, production debugging, and low-level system diagnostics, but he also dabbles in mobile application development on iOS and Android. Sasha is the author of two books and three Pluralsight courses, and a contributor to multiple open-source projects. He blogs at http://blog.sashag.net.
This talk is all about the Berkeley Packet Filters (BPF) and their uses in Linux.
Agenda:
* What is a BPF and why do we need it?
* Writing custom BPFs
* Notes on BPF implementation in the kernel
* Usage examples: SOCKET_FILTER & seccomp
Speaker:
Kfir Gollan, senior embedded software developer, Linux kernel hacker and software team leader.
An Introduction to eBPF (and cBPF). Topics covered include history, implementation, program types & maps. Also gives a brief introduction to XDP and DPDK
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 a new method of interacting with netfilter has been introduced: firewalld.
firewalld is a system daemon that:
Can configure and monitor the system firewall rules
Applications can talk to firewalld to request ports to be opened using the Dbus messaging system
Both covers IPv4, IPv6, and potentially ebtables settings is installed from the firewalld package. This package is part of a base install , but not part of a minimal install
Simplifies firewall management by classifying all network traffic into zones.
A brief talk on systems performance for the July 2013 meetup "A Midsummer Night's System", video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3SGzykDE4Q. This summarizes how systems performance has changed from the 1990's to today. This was the reason for writing a new book on systems performance, to provide a reference that is up to date, covering new tools, technologies, and methodologies.
Linux Server Deep Dives (DrupalCon Amsterdam)Amin Astaneh
Over the past few years the Linux kernel has gained features that allow us to learn more about what's really happening on our servers and the applications that run on them.
This talk will explore how these new features, particularly perf_events and ebpf, enable us to answer questions about what a Drupal site is doing in real time beyond what the standard logs, server performance tools, and even strace will reveal. Attendees will be provided a brief introduction to example uses of these tools to diagnose performance problems.
This talk is intended for attendees that are familiar with Linux, the command line, and have used host observability tools in the past (top, netstat, etc).
pg_proctab: Accessing System Stats in PostgreSQLMark Wong
pg_proctab is a collection of PostgreSQL stored functions that provide access to the operating system process table using SQL. We'll show you which functions are available and where they collect the data, and give examples of their use to collect processor and I/O statistics on SQL queries.
Mark Wong
pg_proctab is a collection of PostgreSQL stored functions that provide access to the operating system process table using SQL. We'll show you which functions are available and where they collect the data, and give examples of their use to collect processor and I/O statistics on SQL queries.
Kernel Recipes 2017: Using Linux perf at NetflixBrendan Gregg
Talk for Kernel Recipes 2017 by Brendan Gregg. "Linux perf is a crucial performance analysis tool at Netflix, and is used by a self-service GUI for generating CPU flame graphs and other reports. This sounds like an easy task, however, getting perf to work properly in VM guests running Java, Node.js, containers, and other software, has been at times a challenge. This talk summarizes Linux perf, how we use it at Netflix, the various gotchas we have encountered, and a summary of advanced features."
Kernel Recipes 2017 - Using Linux perf at Netflix - Brendan GreggAnne Nicolas
Linux perf is a crucial performance analysis tool at Netflix, and is used by a self-service GUI for generating CPU flame graphs and other reports. This sounds like an easy task, however, getting perf to work properly in VM guests running Java, Node.js, containers, and other software, has been at times a challenge. This talk summarizes Linux perf, how we use it at Netflix, the various gotchas we have encountered, and a summary of advanced features.
Brendan Gregg, Netflix
How to Shutdown Netapp Cluster Mode Storage System with Multi-Node Cluster (6...Saroj Sahu
Here we have explain step by step how to shutdown the Netapp storage System with Multi-Node Cluster (6 nodes cluster with ontap version 9.1P14 with model FAS8200, AFF8040 & AFF8020)
I’ve been keeping a collection of Linux commands that are particularly useful; some are from websites I’ve visited, others from experience
I hope you find these are useful as I have. I’ll periodically add to the list, so check back occasionally.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)
Perf stat windows
1. Performance and Statistics Collector (Perfstat 7-mode)
7.36 UNIX/Linux, 7.36 Windows
Windows
rsh may hang if there are no remaining ports on the filer for the stderr socket. The filer will indicate "couldn't
connect second port". Perfstat should detect and abort the command, but output from the command is lost, and in
rare circumstances the command may have to be killed by hand.
Aborted instances of rsh may cause console warnings about inaccessible files.
Windows disk performance counters are assumed to be enabled. Older versions of windows may require explicit
activation with diskperf -y and a reboot.
Perfstat on Windows XP Service Pack 2 will display "Terminal read..." errors. This is a problem in rsh.exe - see
Microsoft KB article: KB892099.
Perfstat: Version 7.36 4-2011
- perfstat.exe is a tool for capturing performance
and configuration statistics.
- Output from perfstat is sent to standard out and
is typically captured in an output file for
later analysis.
- perfstat.exe is capable of capturing info from one Windows host and
multiple NetApp storage controllers simultaneously.
- For controller data capture, the user must have RSH or
SSH privileges to the controller. Unless instructed otherwise,
perfstat will use 'root' as the default username to communicate
remotely with storage controllers.
Usage: (basic options list)
perfstat [-f controllername] [-t time] > perfstat.out
perfstat –f akfiler7.ak.providence.org -t 5 -I 5 -I > perfstat"Date_%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~10,4%Time_%time:~0,2%h%time:~3,2%m%time:~6,2%s"
H:NAUtilyperfstat7_20110411.exe -f NAS2854 -t 5 -I 5 -I > perfstat"NAS2854_Date_%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~10,4%Time_%time:~0,2%h%time:~3,2%m%time:~6,2%s"
where:
-f controllername - host name or IP address of target controller
-t time - collect performance data for 'time' minutes
Simple Example:
Capture data on local host and one controller for 5 minutes:
perfstat -f controller1 -t 5 > perfstat.out
Capture data on multiple hosts and controllers for 10 minutes:
perfstat -f controller1,controller2 -t 10 > perfstat.out
Capture data for five 1 minute iterations, with 10 minutes between
successive iterations:
perfstat -f controller1 -t 1 -i 5,10 > perfstat.out
2. Usage: (more
perfstat
[-f
[-t
[-i
complete options list)
controllername[,controllername1,controllername2,...]]
time] (sample time per iteration, default 2)
n[,m]] (repeat n times with m minutes between samples,
defaults: n=1,m=0)
[-I] (force perfstat to execute all iterations)
[-l login[:password]] (rsh/ssh login and password for rsh only)
[-F] (do not capture information from local host)
[-V] (do not capture vfiler data)
[-p] (capture performance data only, no config info
[-c] (capture config info only, no performance data
[-L] (capture logs - beware verbose output
[-E cmd[,cmd2,cmd3]... (exclude commands)
[-P domain1[,domain2,domain3...] (capture profiles,
use "-P flat" to capture complete profile)
[-v] (print version info only)
[-q] (quiet mode - suppress all console input)
[-x] (print what commands will be issued without actually
issuing them
[-d] (debug mode - beware verbose output)
[-m msinfo_path] (path to msinfo32.exe)
[-S pw:|kf:] (use ssh instead of rsh)
[-k] (disable collection of "stutter" statit; i.e.,
collect 1 statit report that covers the entire
iteration)
[-K] (collect only "stutter" statit reports over
the entire iteration)
[-T default | sk_mod,level[,sk_mod2,level,...]] (collect sktrace)
[-B sk_buffer_size] (specify sktrace buffer size)
[-C seconds] (the number of seconds to wait on command processesdefault is 70 seconds)
[-w minutes] (total number of minutes to wait for perfstat
execution to complete. Default will be 5 minutes)
Notes:
-P saves profiling data in a subdirectory 'gmon' of the current working
directory and deletes any existing gmon files on the controller
-E exludes all foreground commands that have at least the cmd as a
substring; E.g.
-E snap,vol
- excludes all 'snap*' and 'vol*' commands
-E "snap list -v" - excludes only the command 'snap list -v'
-S requires the plink ssh client to be available in the working path
3. To authenticate with a password, use the syntax -S pw:
For public key authentication, use the syntax -S kf:,
where keyfile is a Putty private keyfile created with puttygen.
plink and puttygen are available for free download at
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
Additionally, the -l option can be used to specify usernames for
controller login. E.g.,
perfstat.exe -S -l user
-T used to toggle sktrace collection and specify sk modules and the
levels at which trace data should be collected for those modules.
Some valid sk modules include SK, WAFL, DISK, and SCSITARGET. For
default values of 'SK 7 WAFL 4', specify '-T default'. sktrace data
will be copied off of the controller(s) and into the current working
directory from where perfstat was invoked.
values of 'SK 7 WAFL 4', specify '-T default'. sktrace data will be
copied off of the controller(s) and into the current working directory
from where perfstat was invoked.
-B used to manually set the sktrace buffer size. By default, perfstat
will use a default value of '40m' (40MB). Please note that it is
required that the units be specified with the size in the format:
k (KB), m (MB), or g (GB). This value should only be changed if
specifically advised by global support.
Early termination of execution: as of v7.00 perfstat will terminate
iterations early if a calculated max runtime is met or exceeded.
If it is required that perfstat must execute all iterations regardless
of the total runtime, please use the '-I' option.
Monitoring for 24 hour periods
A common practice is to capture perfstat data 24 hours a day and archive some number of data samples (e.g. 1
week worth). The recommended method for doing this is to capture multiple small samples throughout the day,
rather than one 24 hour sample. Many customers script this or place it in the cron job log.
Here are some typical examples:
perfstat -f filer1 -t 30 -i 46 > perfstat.$date.out
NOTE: For Windows users the example below shows a nice way to format perfstat output file names with date and
time information:
perfstat -f filer1 -t 30 -i 46 > perfstat-"Date_%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~10,4%Time_%time:~0,2%h%time:~3,2%m%time:~6,2%s"
Both examples above will capture 46 samples of 30 minute intervals. This is a total of 23 hours. Since perfstat
uses a lot of rsh commands and the time to complete the rsh's can vary, it often runs for slightly longer than the
specified time. To compensate for this (and not have 2 perfstat tools running concurrently), we recommend a 23
hour run to cover a 24 hour period.