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Nmon Analyser & Consolidator

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IBM Power Systems

nmon Analyser & Consolidator

Stephen Atkins, IBM UK nmon Analyser developer

2008 IBM Corporation

IBM Systems & Technology Group Power Systems

Trademarks
The following are trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
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*, AS/400, e business(logo), DBE, ESCO, eServer, FICON, IBM, IBM (logo), iSeries, MVS, OS/390, pSeries, RS/6000, S/30, VM/ESA, VSE/ESA, WebSphere, xSeries, z/OS, zSeries, z/VM, System i, System i5, System p, System p5, System x, System z, System z9, BladeCenter

The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of other companies.


Adobe, the Adobe logo, PostScript, and the PostScript logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States, and/or other countries. Cell Broadband Engine is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both and is used under license therefrom. Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Intel, Intel logo, Intel Inside, Intel Inside logo, Intel Centrino, Intel Centrino logo, Celeron, Intel Xeon, Intel SpeedStep, Itanium, and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries, or both. ITIL is a registered trademark, and a registered community trademark of the Office of Government Commerce, and is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. IT Infrastructure Library is a registered trademark of the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, which is now part of the Office of Government Commerce.
* All other products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Notes: Some, all or none of this presentation might, may or will be true or not, as applicable. Performance is in Internal Throughput Rate (ITR) ratio based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment. The actual throughput that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the user's job stream, the I/O configuration, the storage configuration, and the workload processed. Therefore, no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput improvements equivalent to the performance ratios stated here. IBM hardware products are manufactured from new parts, or new and serviceable used parts. Regardless, our warranty terms apply. All customer examples cited or described in this presentation are presented as illustrations of the manner in which some customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved. Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics will vary depending on individual customer configurations and conditions. This publication was produced in the United States. IBM may not offer the products, services or features discussed in this document in other countries, and the information may be subject to change without notice. Consult your local IBM business contact for information on the product or services available in your area. All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only. Information about non-IBM products is obtained from the manufacturers of those products or their published announcements. IBM has not tested those products and cannot confirm the performance, compatibility, or any other claims related to non-IBM products. Questions on the capabilities of non-IBM products should be addressed to the suppliers of those products. Prices subject to change without notice. Contact your IBM representative or Business Partner for the most current pricing in your geography.

2008 IBM Corporation

IBM Systems & Technology Group Power Systems

NMON Analyser
Processes nmon/topasout files for tuning assistance
Possibly

not ideal for routine monitoring

Requires Excel 200/2002/2003 will NOT work with Excel 2007 or 97 Produces charts for virtually all sections of nmon output
Number

of charts can be reduced

Produces some additional sheets using derived data (e.g. for ESS/EMC/FAStT) Can merge multiple nmon files FOR THE SAME SYSTEM to analyse longer periods Recommended number of intervals is no more than 300

nmon Analyser and Consolidator

2008 IBM Corporation

IBM Systems & Technology Group Power Systems

NMON Analyser known issues


MERGE processing and general handling of files with >65,000 lines requires CRLF line endings
As

a general tip, send the files individually to the PC as ASCII/TEXT

Currently cant do FIRST/LAST processing for files with timestamps >5 characters in length
Probably

fix this is V3.3.5

Several issues arising from Excel limit of 256 columns


JFS ESS

file sections sections

nmon Analyser and Consolidator

2008 IBM Corporation

IBM Systems & Technology Group Power Systems

NMON Consolidator
Process nmon/topasout files for multiple purposes:
Overall Overall

view of LPARd system utilisation view of clustered system utilisation changes from Dedicated to Shared LPARs server consolidation scenarios actual or potential savings from virtualisation

Modelling Modelling Reporting

Requires Excel 200/2002/2003 not tested with Excel 2007 or 97 Only produces overview charts for CPU, Memory, Network, Disk
Fast May

and simple code, pre-generated charts

be more suitable that the Analyser for high-level reporting even for a single LPAR

nmon Analyser and Consolidator

2008 IBM Corporation

IBM Systems & Technology Group Power Systems

NMON Consolidator restrictions


Only processes a maximum of 250 intervals per host
Requires

Excel 2007 to fix

Does not process files with more than 65,000 lines


Requires

Excel 2007 to fix

Double-counts disk I/O for systems using esoteric device names (e.g. ESS/EMC/FAStT)
Fixable

today but Im not sure how important it is to do so will increase runtimes significantly

nmon Analyser and Consolidator

2008 IBM Corporation

IBM Systems & Technology Group Power Systems

References
Download the tools here:
http://www-941.haw.ibm.com/collaboration/wiki/display/Wikiptype/nmonanalyser http://www-941.haw.ibm.com/collaboration/wiki/display/WikiPtype/nmonconsolidator

Ask questions (and get answers) here:


http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=749

PLEASE read the fulsome manuals I spent a lot of time writing them!

nmon Analyser and Consolidator

2008 IBM Corporation

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