This UIC contains some files for processing SPM data: one set of
files collects the minimum System metrics data, the other collects and
presents everything.

SYSMET.* is a collection of files for collecting system metrics
only (disk usage, cpu usage, pool space, etc.) without any task specific
data. It is good as a general measure of system usage, and for pool
monitoring, without generating giant data files due to saving statistics
on every QIO on the system. To use it, use SYSMET.CMD as a saved answer
file for SMPGEN.CMD: when you are ready to collect data start SPM with
the command

COL SYSMET=SYSMET

and you will collect system metrics only. After collection is stopped,
convert the data to a file which is readable with CLF:

CLF SYSMET.FCS/FCS=SYSMET

This file will have system metrics and startup records. It can be
processed now, but I prefer to process some more with Sort:

SRT SYSMET.DAT=SYSMET.FCS,SYSMET/SF

This uses SYSMET.SRT as a specification file for Sort V3. (It can also
be done on Sort V2, but I seem to have lost the .SRT file for V2). The
resulting file can be reported using Datatrieve (the file SPM.DTR
contains appropriate record definitions, etc.), but I prefer to
transport it to a PRO-350, and present the data in graphic form using
the program SPMGRA. A command file GRAPHIC.CMD which will build this
program on a PRO should be elsewhere in this UIC. This program uses Core
Graphics, so it might work on other systems.

SPMREAD is a Fortran program which will read an FCS file (the
output file of CLF as shown above) and convert all of the records into
english. It is most useful when you want the finest detail of activity
on the system, as it will, for example, show all of the directives
issued by all of the tasks on the system in the order the executive
processes them. To use it, start SPM as you would normally, with it
collecting the desired data. (If you use SYSMET.CMD, you won't see much,
as it is adjusted to collect the minimum amount of data. You might try
ALL.CMD, which collects everything.) When the data is collected, convert
it to an FCS file with CLF, and then run SPMREAD. The file SPM.TXT shows
a sample of the output from this program.

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