The UX Block IO object provides counters for monitoring the processing activity on UNIX systems.
For counters that accept a block IO device instance, block IO device names are available in the Operator Console. For example, to monitor the average number of kilobytes read per second from the block IO device scanner, type:
UX Block IO|Kilobytes Read/s|scanner
To monitor a counter for all block IO devices instead of a particular device, such as average number of transfer operations waiting, type:
UX Block IO|Average # of Trans. Waiting|_Total
The following table describes the counters for the UX Block IO object.
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Counter Name |
Description |
Platforms |
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Reads/s |
Number of read operations per second. For all platforms, specify one of the following as the instance:
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Writes/s |
Number of write operations per second. For all platforms, specify one of the following as the instance:
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Kilobytes Read/s |
Average number of kilobytes transferred from the disk per second during read operations. Specify one of the following as the instance:
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HP-UX |
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Kilobytes Write/s |
Average number of kilobytes transferred from the disk per second during write operations. Specify one of the following as the instance:
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HP-UX |
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Average # of Trans. Waiting |
Average number of disk transfer operations that are waiting. For either platform, specify one of the following as the instance:
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Average # of Trans. Serviced |
Average number of disk transfer operations that are serviced. Specify one of the following as the instance:
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Solaris |
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%Time Trans. Waiting |
Percentage of time that input/output transfers are waiting. Specify one of the following as the instance:
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Solaris |
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%Time Disk Busy |
Percentage of time that the disk is busy with read or write operations. For either platform, specify one of the following as the instance:
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