2.3 Overview of operations on virtualized systems

This subsection explains how to use PFM - Agent for Platform to monitor performance in virtualized systems.

Organization of this section

• 2.3.1 Advantages of virtualized systems

• 2.3.2 Objectives of performance monitoring on virtualized systems

• 2.3.3 System resources most in need of performance monitoring on virtualized systems

• 2.3.4 Installing PFM - Agent for Platform in a virtualized system

• 2.3.5 Setting up PFM - Agent for Platform in a virtualized system

• 2.3.6 Examples of using Agent for Platform - PFM in a virtualized system: Determining whether to change virtualized system settings

• 2.3.7 Examples of using Agent for Platform - PFM in a virtualized system: Determining whether additional physical resources are needed

• 2.3.8 Notes regarding usage of PFM - Agent for Platform in virtualized systems

• 2.3.9 Notes regarding collection of processor information

• 2.3.10 Notes regarding collection of memory information

• 2.3.11 Notes regarding collection of disk information

• 2.3.12 Notes regarding collection of network information

• 2.3.13 Notes regarding collection of process information

• 2.3.14 Virtualized system functionality and collected performance data

• 2.3.15 Data that can be collected with virtualized systems that use zones

• 2.3.16 Data that can be collected with virtualized systems that use PowerVM

• 2.3.17 Data that can be collected on virtualized systems that use HP Integrity Virtual Machines (I-VM)

• 2.3.18 Data that can be collected with virtualized systems that use VMware/KVM

• 2.3.19 Data that can be collected with virtualization systems that use Hitachi Compute Blade logical partitioning feature

• 2.3.20 Data that can be collected with virtualized systems that use WPAR

• 2.3.21 Data that can be collected on a virtualized system based on the Linux container

• 2.3.22 Range of data collected for each virtualized system

• 2.3.23 Monitoring processor performance based on results output by the sar command in an AIX environment

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