Hi,

Topas is part of the perfagent.tools fileset in AIX 4.3.3

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> It is topas u can say top as any user.
> It is topas u can say top as any user.
> u need root user access for topas.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Fuhrman [mailto:joelf AT CAC.WASHINGTON DOT EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 8:20 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Memory Tuning For AIX


> Chris -  tapas is part of which fileset and in which directory does it
> reside?

> On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Chris Gibes wrote:

>> There is a better tool. It was introduced in AIX 4.3.2 and it's called
>> topas (it's very similiar to "monitor" or "top") Simply enter "topas" at
>> the AIX command prompt. As to the problem, if the system is really paging,
>> it's most likely your bufpool is set too high. I would try lowering your
>> bufpool size. If that helps, then don't increase your bufpool until after
>> you get more memory. Topas will allow you to see hot processes, disks,
>> adapters and paging all at the same time, which will make it much easier
> to
>> figure what process is monopolizing your resources.
>>
>> Good Luck
>>
>>
>> At 07:02 AM 1/3/02 -0500, you wrote:
>> >I think the wide range of answers as to what this output means is a good
>> >indication that IBM would do well to develop a more concise tool for
>> >reviewing resource utilization.  As for my opinion I would start with
>> >'vmtune' and then look at 'iostat'.  Good Luck
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >Jon Martin
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Denis L'Huillier [mailto:dlhuillier AT PERSHING DOT COM]
>> >Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:34 PM
>> >To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> >Subject: Memory Tuning For AIX
>> >
>> >
>> >Hello-
>> >I am having a memory problem.
>> >I am runnning AIX 4.3.2 on a H50.  TSM is the only application
>> >running on the server.  When I run vmstat I get the following...
>> >
>> >kthr     memory             page              faults        cpu
>> >----- ----------- ------------------------ ------------ -----------
>> >  r  b   avm   fre  re  pi  po  fr   sr  cy  in   sy  cs us sy id wa
>> >  0  0 136233   202   0   3   2  99  210   0  52  240  66 17 30 16 37
>> >  1  3 136234   342   0  38  11 3727 4204   0 1322 6136 4665 12 11  3 74
>> >  2  3 136236   160   0  44  12 3728 5326   0 1324 5844 4644 10 11  2 76
>> >  1  3 136237   295   0  17  19 4113 5725   0 1305 7174 5091 13 10  3 74
>> >  0  3 136237   629   0  19   9 4240 7442   0 1316 7200 5082 14 13  5 68
>> >
>> >Does this look normal to anyone?  From my limited understanding of vmstat
>> >it looks like:
>> >CPU utilization is maxed out
>> >I have blocked processes (the b column)
>> >The scan rate (sr) column is very high.
>> >The server has 1Gig of memory.  I'm really not sure how to tell how much
> is
>> >allocated to
>> >the OS and how much is allocated to TSM.  Does anyone have any ideas or
>> >pointers is
>> >tuning memory for AIX?  Do I need a memory upgrade?
>> >I started checking this because my server response is horrible.
>> >Thanks.
>> >Denis
>>
>> Chris Gibes <gibes AT berbee DOT com>
>> Tivoli Certified Consultant
>> IBM Certified System Administrator
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>> (262) 521-5616
>>
>>
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