3.2.2 Memory monitoring definition examples

This subsection describes examples of definitions for memory monitoring.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Monitoring template

Memory-related alarms in the monitoring template are stored in the alarm table for PFM UNIX Template Alarms [MEM] 09.00.

Table 3‒10: Memory monitoring template alarms
Monitoring template alarm	Record	Field	Error threshold	Warning threshold	Description
Pagescans	`PI`	`Page` `Scans/sec`	> 150	> 100	If the number of page scans that occurred is greater than the threshold, memory might be insufficient.
Swap Outs	`PI`	`Swapped-Out` `Pages/sec`	> 200	> 100	If the number of pages is greater than the threshold, memory might be insufficient.
Alloc Mem Mbytes	`PI`	`Alloc Swap Mbytes`	>= 1800	>= 1024	If the amount of used memory continues to be at or above the threshold (the `Total` `Physical` `Mem` `Mbytes` field value of the PI record), physical memory might be insufficient.

For details about the settings for the existing alarms, see 8. Monitoring Templates.

Table 3‒11: Memory monitoring template reports
Report name	Displayed information
Memory Paging	A history of memory use on a minute-by-minute basis for the last hour^#
Memory Paging (8.4)
Memory Paging Status	Real-time information about memory usage and the paging status^#
Memory Paging Status (8.4)
Memory Paging Status (Multi-Agent)	An hourly history of memory usage by multiple hosts for the last 24 hours^#
Memory Paging Status (Multi-Agent) (8.4)
Paging Trend (Multi-Agent)	A daily history of page scans performed by multiple hosts for the last month^#
Paging Trend (Multi-Agent) (8.4)

Table 3‒12: System monitoring template reports
Report name	Displayed information
I/O Overview	A history of the number of I/Os on a minute-by-minute basis for the last hour. This report cannot be used in Linux.
Process Trend	A daily history of the number of operated processes for the last month
System Overview (real-time report indicating the system operating status)	Real-time information about the system operating status
System Overview (historical report indicating the system operating status)	A history of the system operating status on a minute-by-minute basis for the last hour
System Overview (8.4) (historical report indicating the system operating status)
System Utilization Status	Real-time information about the system operating status
Workload Status	Real-time information about the system workload
Workload Status (Multi-Agent)	An hourly history of the workload for multiple hosts for the last 24 hours

For details about the settings for the existing reports, see 8. Monitoring Templates.

Table 3‒13: Definition example
Item			Explanation
Name and Type	Report name		`PD_PDI` `-` `Memory`
	Product		`UNIX (6.0)`
	Report type	Real-time (single agent)	(Select)
		Historical (single agent)	--
		Historical (multiple agents)	--
Field	Record		`PD_PDI`
Field	Selected fields		Select all fields.
Filter	Conditional expression:		(Select Simple or Complex.) `PID` `<>` `"0"`
Filter	Specify when displayed		(Clear)
Indication settings	Specify when displayed		(Select)
	Indicate delta value		(Clear)
	Refresh interval	Do not refresh automatically	(Clear)
		Initial value	30
		Minimum value	30
	Display by ranking	Field	`Virtual` `Mem` `Kbytes`^#1
		Display number	30^#2
		In descending order	(Select)
Components	Table		`Program` `PID` `Real` `Mem` `Kbytes` `Virtual` `Mem` `Kbytes` `Major` `Faults` `Swaps` `Context` `Switches` `CPU` `%`
	List		--
	Graph		`Virtual` `Mem` `Kbytes` `Real` `Mem` `Kbytes`
	Display name		--
	Display key	Field	(None)
	Display key	In descending order	--
Graph	Graph type		Line graph
	Series direction		Row
	Axis labels	X-axis	Time
	Axis labels	Y-axis	Memory usage
	Data label	Data label 1	(None)
	Data label	Data label 2	(None)
Drilldown	Report drilldown		Arbitrary
Drilldown	Field drilldown		Arbitrary