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The Uptime Infrastructure Monitor agent that is installed on a logical partition of an AIX LPAR system collects the following performance metrics:

MetricExplanationFile on LinuxAIX System Calls in libperfstat
lpar_id
purr
The unique identifier for the logical partition (LPAR)./proc/ppc64
entitlementcpuscappedsmtmemory_totalmemory_used

Metric

Explanation

File on Linux

AIX System Calls in libperfstat

lpar_id

/proc
/ppc64
/lparconfig
perfstat_partitio npartition_total
purrThe amount of CPU time used by the partition./proc
/ppc64
/lparconfig
perfstat_partitio npartition_total
entitlementThe CPU entitlement of the partition.entitle ment/proc
/ppc64
/lparconfig
perfstat_partitio npartition_total
cpusThe number of CPUs on which the LPAR can run./proc
/ppc64
/lparconfig
perfstat_partitio npartition_total
capped

Determines whether the entitlement of the LPAR is capped. 

If yes, then the LPAR cannot exceed its entitlement.

If not, then the LPAR can exceed its entitlement if there are spare CPU cycles available from another CPU on the system.

/proc
/ppc64
/lparconfig
perfstat_partitio npartition_total
smtDetermines whether hyperthreading is available./proc
/ppc64
/lparconfig
perfstat_partitio npartition_total
memor ymemory_totalThe total amount of memory available to the LPAR, measured in bytes./proc
/meminfo
perfstat_memor ymemory_total
memor ymemory_usedThe total amount of memory being used by the LPAR, measured in bytes./proc
/meminfo
perfstat_memor ymemory_total
net_pa ckets_txpackets_rxThe number of packets of data received over the network interface by the LPAR./proc/net
/dev
perfstat_netinte rfacenetinterface_total
net_pa ckets_rxpackets_txThe number of packets of data sent over the network interface from the LPAR./proc/net
/dev
perfstat_netinte rfacenetinterface_total
net_bytes_by tes_txrxThe amount of data, measured in bytes, received over the network interface by the LPAR./proc/net
/dev
perfstat_netinte rfacenetinterface_total
net_by tes_rxbytes_txThe amount of data, measured in bytes, sent over the network interface from the LPAR./proc/net
/dev
perfstat_netinte rfacenetinterface_total
disk_k bytes_ outkbytes_inThe amount of data, in kilobytes, read from the disk./proc
/diskstats
perfstat_disk_t otaltotal
disk_k bytes_outThe amount of data, in kilobytes, written to the disk./proc
/diskstats
perfstat_disk_t otaltotal