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MetricDescriptionSource

Free Memory

Amount of physical memory available to the operating system, system library files, and applications.

/proc/meminfo

Cache Hit Rate

How often the system accesses the CPU cache.

/proc/meminfo

PageOut per Second

Rate at which pages were written to disk.

/proc/meminfo

PageIn per Second

Rate at which pages were read from or written to the disk.

/proc/meminfo

PageFree per Second

Number of pages that are freed from memory each second.

/proc/meminfo

PageScan per Second

Average number of pages that are scanned each second.

/proc/meminfo

Free Swap

Amount of available free swap space, as a percentage of total available free swap space.

/proc/meminfo

Disk

The Uptime Infrastructure Monitor UIM agent gathers file system statistics for each file system using the df -lk command. Disk statistics (e.g. %busy, reads per second, and writes per second) are output per disk and compared between polling intervals using the iostat -d -x 1 2 command.

Explanation
MetricDescriptionSource

Disk (Spindle) Name

The names Names of each disk on the system.

/proc
/diskstats

Usage (% Busy)

The percentage Percentage of time during which the disk drive is handling read or write requests.

/proc
/diskstats

Throughput (Blk/s)

The number Number of read and write operations on the disk that occur each second.

/proc
/diskstats

Read/Writes/s

The average Average number of bytes that have been transferred to or from the disk during write or read operations.

/proc
/diskstats

Average Queue Length

The number Number of threads that are waiting for processor time.

/proc
/diskstats

Average Service Time

The average Average amount of time, in milliseconds, that is required for a request to be carried out.

/proc
/diskstats

Average Wait Time

The average Average time, in milliseconds, that a transaction is waiting in a queue. The wait time is directly proportional to the length of the queue.

/proc
/diskstats

Network

The Uptime Infrastructure Monitor UIM agent uses the netstat -s command to retrieve a combined total of TCP Retransmits for all network interfaces. Other network statistics (e.g. kbps, errors and collisions) are averaged, per interface, using the sar -n DEV -n EDEV 1 command, which compares the system counters during a one-second interval.

Explanation
MetricDescriptionSource

In Kbps

The rateRate, in kilobytes per seconds, at which data is received over a specific network adapter.

/proc
/net

Out Kbps

The rateRate, in kilobytes per seconds, at which data is sent over a specific network adapter.

/proc
/net

In Errors

The number Number of inbound packets that contained errors, which preventing those packets from being delivered to a higher- layer protocol.

/proc
/net

Out Errors

The number Number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted because of errors.

/proc
/net

Collisions

The number Number of signals from two separate nodes on the network that have collided.

/proc
/net

TCP Retransmits

The number Number of packets that have been re-sent over a network interface. The agent returns a combined total for all interfaces.

/proc

Retransmits

interfaces.

/net

Process

The Uptime Infrastructure Monitor UIM agent uses the ps -eo command to collect the process information listed in the table below from a Linux system. By default, the agent gathers the top 20 processes and sorts them by the highest CPU usage.

Explanation
MetricDescriptionSource

PID

The unique Unique identifier of a specific process.

/proc/stat

PPID

The identifier Identifier of the process that the process that is currently running.

/proc/stat

UID

A value Value that identifies the current user.

/proc/stat

GID

A value Value that identifies a group of users.

/proc/stat

Memory Consumed

The amount Amount of memory that is being used by a process.

/proc/stat

RSS

The amount Amount of physical memory that is being used by a process.

/proc/stat

CPU % Utilization by Process

The percentage Percentage of CPU time that is being used by individual processes.

/proc/stat

Memory % Utilization by Process

The amount Amount of physical memory that is being used by individual processes.

/proc/stat

Process Start Time

The time Time at which the process started.

/proc/stat

Process Run Time

The time Time at which the process started.

/proc/stat

Number of Processes Running

The total Total number of processes that are currently running on the system.

/proc/stat

Number of Blocked Processes

The total Total number of processes that are blocking resources.

/proc/stat

Number of Waiting Processes

The total Total number of processes that are waiting to be executed by the CPU.

/proc/stat

Execs per Second

The total Total number of system calls that are executed each second.

/proc/stat

Process Creation Rate

The total Total number of processes that are being spawned over a specified time period.

/proc/stat

Workload

The Uptime Infrastructure Monitor UIM agent uses the ps utility to collect workload information from a Linux system. Workload statistics (based on the same 20 processes that were gathered from the Process method) are sorted within Uptime Infrastructure MonitorUIM's core. The workload processes that the agent gathers include the user/group/process name and their individual statistics, which can be sorted based on the user's desired graph presentation (e.g. user, group or process name).

Explanation
MetricDescriptionSource

Workload by Process

The demand Demand that network and local services are putting on a system, based on the processes that are running.

/proc
/load

Workload by User

The demand Demand that network and local services are putting on the system, based on the IDs of the users who are logged into a system.

/proc
/load

Workload by Group

The demand Demand that network and local services are putting on the system, based on the IDs of the user groups that are logged into a system.

/proc
/load

Workload Top 10 by Process

The 10 processes that are consuming the most CPU resources.

/proc
/load

Workload Top 10 by User

The 10 processes the are consuming the most CPU resources, based on user ID.

/proc
/load

Workload Top 10 by Group

The 10 processes the are consuming the most CPU resources, based on group ID.

/proc
/load

User

The Uptime Infrastructure Monitor UIM agent uses the following commands to collect user statistics from a system:

  • ps -eo
  • last | head 10 (login history for the last 10 users on the system)
  • who (lists who is currently logged into the system) 
Explanation
MetricDescription

Login History

The number Number of times or frequency at which a user has logged into a system during any 30 minute time interval.

Sessions

The number Number of sessions or number of distinct users who are logged into a system during any 30 minute time interval.