System Administration Guide: Oracle Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Oracle Solaris Zones

Administering the Fair Share Scheduler (Task Map)

Task 

Description 

For Information 

Monitor CPU usage. 

Monitor the CPU usage of projects, and projects in processor sets. 

Monitoring the FSS

Set the default scheduler class. 

Make a scheduler such as the FSS the default scheduler for the system. 

How to Make FSS the Default Scheduler Class

Move running processes from one scheduler class to a different scheduling class, such as the FSS class. 

Manually move processes from one scheduling class to another scheduling class without changing the default scheduling class and rebooting. 

How to Manually Move Processes From the TS Class Into the FSS Class

Move all running processes from all scheduling classes to a different scheduling class, such as the FSS class. 

Manually move processes in all scheduling classes to another scheduling class without changing the default scheduling class and rebooting. 

How to Manually Move Processes From All User Classes Into the FSS Class

Move a project's processes into a different scheduling class, such as the FSS class. 

Manually move a project's processes from their current scheduling class to a different scheduling class. 

How to Manually Move a Project's Processes Into the FSS Class

Examine and tune FSS parameters. 

Tune the scheduler's time quantum value. Time quantum is the amount of time that a thread is allowed to run before it must relinquish the processor.

How to Tune Scheduler Parameters