[tyraven]

trying to produce graphs using nmom. read the nmon manual and don't see an exact way to do it. I am using nmon to gather info locally on the server but when I bring it over to my PC, no graphs just a bunch of info. any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[ross.mather]

Try this:

nmon analyser -- A free tool to produce AIX performance reports

[pprevoo]

Hello Tyraven,

You can start nmon with the following parameters:
nmon -F /<filename.csv> -c <number of refreshes> -s <seconds between refreshing> -V -P -Y

-V = Include Disk volume group section
-P = Include paging
-Y = Include Command summary

The resulting file can be converted from .csv to a nice Excel-sheet with graphs. See:
at ibm.com see developerworks/aix/library/au-nmon_analyser


My nmon script:
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#!/bin/ksh
# This script will start nmon in a controlled fashion.#
# Variables
DATE=`date +"%Y-%m-%d"`
HOST=`hostname`
FILE=nmon_${HOST}_$DATE.csv
NMONBIN=/usr/local/etc
NMONLOG=/var/log/nmon
SCRIPTNAME=`basename $0`
LOGFILE=/tmp/nmon_system_log.sh.$$
EMAIL="<your e-mail>"
DOMAIL="NO"

if [[ $1 = "" || $2 = "" ]];
then
echo
echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME <number of refreshers> <seconds delay>"
echo
echo "$SCRIPTNAME 180 60 #Will run nmon for 180 refreshes of 60 seconds."
echo
exit
fi

RUN_CMD()
{
ERROR="NO"
if ! $* >> $LOGFILE 2>&1
then
ERROR="YES"
fi
}


# Check if there is a nmon -F process running
if [ ! "$(ps -ef |grep "nmon" |grep -v "grep" |grep "\-F" )" = "" ]
then
echo "ERROR: An other nmon proces with option -F has been detected!" >> $LOGFILE
DOMAIL="YES"
else
# install new nmon version when we detect a nmon.new file.
if [ -e $NMONBIN/nmon.new ]
then
mv $NMONBIN/nmon.new $NMONBIN/nmon
fi
PARM=""
if [ "$(uname -s)" = "AIX" ]
then
PARM="-V -P -Y"
fi
RUN_CMD $NMONBIN/nmon -F $NMONLOG/$FILE -c$1 -s$2 $PARM
DOMAIL=$ERROR
fi

if [ "$DOMAIL" = "YES" ]
then
mail -s "ERROR: $SCRIPTNAME on $HOST - $(date "+%A %d %B %Y")" $EMAIL < $LOGFILE
sleep 10
rm -f $LOGFILE 2> /dev/null
fi
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Originally Posted by tyraven

trying to produce graphs using nmom. read the nmon manual and don't see an exact way to do it. I am using nmon to gather info locally on the server but when I bring it over to my PC, no graphs just a bunch of info. any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Frans]

Also have a look at this link

http://w3.aixncc.uk.ibm.com/tools/pmwiki.php

[raba]

instead of using excel to import the nmon files:


/developerworks/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=266032&tstart=0

(i can't post links yet so after w w w . ibm . com paste the above)

regards
Randy