The following table provides a brief description of the properties for Microstate Information.
Table C–138 Microstate Information Properties
Property |
Description |
---|---|
Entry Name |
Name of the entry (must be a unique name). |
CPU wait time |
Percentage of time for CPU wait. |
Text page fault time |
Percentage of time for text page faults. |
Data page fault time |
Percentage of time for data page faults. |
Major page faults |
Number of major page faults per second (text and data faults). |
Characters in I/O |
Number of characters read and written per second. |
Involuntary context switches |
Number of involuntary context switches per second. |
CPU time for reaped children |
Percentage of CPU time used by child processes that have detached from their parent processes. |
User lock time |
Percentage of time spent for user locks. |
System trap time |
Percentage of time spent for system traps. |
Total swaps |
Percentage of time spent on swaps. |
Entry Description |
Description of the entry (required field). |
Executable code Rule |
Rule that applies to executable code. |
File access rule |
Rule that applies to file access. |
You might see extremely high percentages on a per-CPU basis if the following facts are true:
A particular process has a number of n threads that are waiting to become active.
User Lock Time is 100% times the number of n threads.