> I have a p5 570, with 4 DCMs (4 CPUs, 8 cores).
> I have two micro paritions.
> I have two VIO servers. So, four micro paritions in total.
> Also using a HMC and CSM from management station (p520).
>
> I want to monitor the CPU usage at the physical level. ie. at the
> hypervisor level.
> I don't want any AIX commands, because these will only monitor that
> micro parition. So I don't think iostat, vmstat, mpstat, lparstat,
> nmon, sar, etc. will help.
>
> I tried looking on the HMC, but I couldn't find what I wanted. I don't
> think Ultilization Data Mangement, will give me what I want. Although,
> it is the closest thing I could find.
>
> Can anyone help me out?
>
> Miles


Hi Miles.

You can monitor the cpu usage of the whole system from within micro
partitions, if you grant "Pool Authority" to that partition. Then use
tools like lparstat (app column) or nmon (press p) to monitor your
shared CPU pool.

Hope this helps.
- Svenni