Thursday, May 5, 2016

Setting up nmon and nmon_analyzer

This is one of the most usual tool I use along with RDA/OracChk and OSwatcher.

Download nmon


[root@localhost Downloads]# tar -xzvf nmon16e_mpginc.tar.gz
nmon_arm_ubuntu15
nmon_power_32_rhel6
nmon_power_32_sles11
nmon_power_64_kvm2
nmon_power_64_rhel6
nmon_power_64_rhel7
nmon_power_64_sles11
nmon_power_64le_fedora22
nmon_power_64le_rhel6
nmon_power_64le_rhel7
nmon_power_64le_ubuntu14
nmon_power_64le_ubuntu15
nmon_power_64le_ubuntu16
nmon_x86_64_centos6
nmon_x86_64_centos7
nmon_x86_64_opensuse11
nmon_x86_64_opensuse12
nmon_x86_64_rhel6
nmon_x86_64_rhel7
nmon_x86_64_sles11
nmon_x86_64_sles12
nmon_x86_64_ubuntu15

[root@localhost Downloads]# ./nmon_x86_64_rhel6 -f
[-f will put the output into cvs format]


Add-On for nmon.




[root@localhost Downloads]# mkdir nmon_analyzer
[root@localhost Downloads]# cd nmon_analyzer
[root@localhost nmon_analyzer]# wget https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/form/anonymous/api/wiki/61ad9cf2-c6a3-4d2c-b779-61ff0266d32a/page/b7fc61a1-eef9-4756-8028-6e687997f176/attachment/a51b993c-a47c-4eee-be12-6ea2d26ff9a2/media/nmon_analyser_v5_0_2.zip


At the command prompt, do
/nmon_x86_64_rhel6 -f -s2 -c 30

Run the nmon_analyzer and click at "Analyze nmon data" Button. (Note: macros must be enabled)
Search for the nmon file. nmon_analyzer will process and save the file as CVS format.

It is that easy! enjoy.