Advanced Tools for AIX Performance Analysis

Course code

AN52UA

Duration

4 Days, 32 Acad. Hours

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Course Overview

Objectives

Prerequisites

Course Outline

Course Overview

Objectives

Objectives

Use the trace facility to collect data and create a trace report
Use the kernel trace facilities to analyze CPU performance issues
Describe causes and impacts of high context switching rates
Identify what causes a thread to be blocked and later woken up
Explain the relationship between the output of svmon -G, svmon -P, and svmon -S
Calculate the amount of memory in use on the system
Explain the relationship between svmon, vmstat, and ipcs output
Categorize the memory in use on the system by segment type
Identify which processes are using the most memory or paging space
Describe the characteristics of asynchronous I/O, synchronous I/O, direct I/O, and concurrent I/O
Identify if the expected type of I/O is being executed
Tune asynchronous I/O

Prerequisites

You are expected to have extensive AIX skills. These skills can be obtained by attending the following courses:

AIX Power Systems for AIX IV: Performance Management (AN510) or have the equivalent extensive AIX skills

Course Outline

Day 1

Welcome

Unit 1: AIX trace facilities

Exercise 1: AIX trace facilities

Unit 2: Advanced memory topics – I

Exercise 1: AIX trace facilities (Part 3)

Exercise 2: Advanced memory topics – I

Day 2

Unit 3: Advanced memory topics – II

Exercise 3: Advanced memory tropics – II

Unit 4: Advanced CPU topics – I

Exercise 4: Advanced CPU topics – I

(Optional) Exercise 4: Advanced CPU topics – I (Part 2)

Day 3

Unit 5: Advanced CPU topics – II

Exercise 5: Advanced CPU topics – II

Unit 6: Advanced I/O topics – I

Exercise 6: Advanced I/O topics – I (Part 1)

(Optional) Exercise 5: Advanced CPU topics – II

(Parts 2 and 3)

Day 4

Exercise 6: Advanced I/O topics – I (Part 2)

Unit 7: Advanced I/O topics – II

Exercise 7: Advanced I/O topics – II

(Optional) Exercise 7: Advanced I/O topics – II (Part 3)

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Advanced Tools for AIX Performance Analysis

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AN52UA

Duration:

4 Days, 32 Acad. Hours

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