Managing System Information, Processes, and Performance in Oracle^® Solaris 11.4

Chapter 3

Monitoring System Performance

Achieving good performance from a computer or network is an important part of system administration. This chapter describes some factors that contribute to managing the performance of your computer systems. In addition, this chapter describes procedures for monitoring system performance by using the vmstat, iostat, df, and sar commands.

This chapter covers the following topics:

• System Resources That Affect System Performance

• Managing Performance Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center

• About Processes and System Activities

• System Activities That Are Monitored

• Displaying System Performance Information

• Monitoring System Activities

Information about monitoring system performance is discussed in several guides:

• Managing System Processes

• Oracle Solaris 11.4 Tunable Parameters Reference Manual

• Chapter 2, About Projects and Tasks in Administering Resource Management in Oracle Solaris 11.4

• Chapter 8, About Fair Share Scheduler in Administering Resource Management in Oracle Solaris 11.4

• Using Oracle Solaris 11.4 StatsStore and System Web Interface