PCP-DSTAT(1) General Commands Manual PCP-DSTAT(1) NAME pcp-dstat - versatile tool for generating system resource statistics SYNOPSIS pcp [pcp options] dstat [-acdfghilmnpqrstvVy?] [-C cpus] [-D disks] [-L DM devices] [-M MD devices] [-P partitions] [-I interrupts] [-N interfaces] [-o output-file] [-S swap-devices] [--bits] [--bw] [--color] [--float] [--integer] [--nocolor] [--noheaders] [--nomissed] [--noupdate] [--list] [--pidfile pid-file] [--plugin] [--all-plugins] [delay [count]] DESCRIPTION pcp-dstat is a general performance analysis tool allowing you to view multiple system resources instantly, for example you can compare disk usage in combination with interrupts from a disk controller, or compare the network bandwidth numbers directly with the disk throughput (in the same interval). It also cleverly gives you the most detailed information in columns and clearly indicates in what magnitude and unit the output is being displayed. Less confusion, fewer mistakes, more efficient. The delay is the delay in seconds between each update, and the count is the number of updates to display before exiting. The default delay is 1 second and count is unspecified (run until interrupted or end of archive is reached). This latest generation of Dstat, pcp-dstat, allows for analysis of historical performance data (in the PCP archive format created by pmlogger(1)), as well as distributed systems analysis of live performance data from remote hosts running the pmcd(1) process. The original Dstat notion of ``plugins'' is replaced by use of named metrics in a Performance Metric Name Space (PMNS(5)) supplied by Performance Metric Domain Agents (PMDAs). Metrics and other formatting information is now specified as plugin configuration files in pcp-dstat(5) format. This new style of plugin is either built-in (time-related reporting only), or sourced from the system-wide location ($PCP_SYSCONF_DIR/dstat) and/or sourced from an individual users set of personal plugins ($HOME/.pcp/dstat). The list of all available plugins can be seen using the --list dstat command line option. OPTIONS When invoked via the pcp(1) command, the -h/--host, -a/--archive, -O/--origin, -Z/--timezone and several other pcp options become indirectly available; refer to PCPIntro(1) for a complete description of these options. The additional command line options available for pcp-dstat are: --list list all available plugin names --plugin-name enable any plugin by name -a, --all equals -cdngy (default plugin set) -c, --cpu enable CPU stats (system, user, idle, wait); for more CPU related stats also see --cpu-adv and --cpu-use -C 0,3,total include CPU0, CPU3 and total (when using -c/--cpu); use all to show all CPUs -d, --disk enable disk stats (read, write); for more disk related stats look into the other --disk plugins -D total,hda include total and hda (when using -d/--disk or --disk-tps plugin) --dm, --device-mapper enable device mapper stats (read, write); for more device-mapper related stats look into the other --dm plugins --L total,root,home include total, root and home (when using --dm/--device-mapper or --dm-tps plugin) --md, --multi-device enable multi-device driver stats (read, write); for more multi- device driver related stats look into the other --md plugins --M total,md-0 include total and md-0 (when using --md/--multi-device or --md-tps plugin) --part, --partition enable disk partition stats (read, write); for more partition related stats look into the other --part plugins --P total,sda2 include total and sda2 (when using --part/--partition or --part- tps plugin) -g, --page enable page stats (page in, page out) -i, --int enable interrupt stats -I 5,10 include interrupt 5 and 10 (when using -i/--int) -l, --load enable load average stats (1 min, 5 mins, 15 mins) -m, --mem enable memory stats (used, buffers, cache, free); for more memory related stats also try --mem-adv and --swap -n, --net enable network stats (receive, send) -N eth1,total include eth1 and total (when using -n/--net) --net-packets show the number of packets received and transmitted -p, --proc enable process stats (runnable, uninterruptible, new) --proc-count show total number of processes -r, --io enable I/O request stats (read, write requests) -s, --swap enable swap stats (used, free) -S swap1,total include swap1 and total (when using -s/--swap) --snooze show time spent between updates in seconds -t, --time enable time/date output (try --time-adv for millisecond precision) -T, --epoch enable time counter (seconds since epoch, or millisecond precision from the --epoch-adv plugin) -y, --sys enable system stats (interrupts, context switches) --aio enable aio stats (asynchronous I/O) --cpu-adv enable advanced CPU stats --cpu-use enable only CPU usage stats --disk-avgqu average queue length of the requests that were issued to the device --disk-avgrq average size (in sectors) of the requests that were issued to the device --disk-svctm average service time (in milliseconds) for I/O requests that were issued to the device --disk-tps number of transfers per second that were issued to the device --disk-util percentage of CPU time during which I/O requests were issued to the device (bandwidth utilization for the device) --disk-wait average time (in milliseconds) for I/O requests issued to the device to be served --fs, --filesystem enable filesystem stats (open files, inodes) --freespace per filesystem used and available space --ipc enable ipc stats (message queue, semaphores, shared memory) --lock enable file lock stats (posix, flock, read, write) --mem-adv enable advanced memory stats --raw enable raw stats (raw sockets) --socket enable socket stats (total, tcp, udp, raw, ip-fragments) --tcp enable tcp stats (listen, established, syn, time_wait, close) --udp enable udp stats (listen, active) --unix enable unix stats (datagram, stream, listen, active) --utmp shows login information from utmp(5) --vm enable virtual memory stats (hard pagefaults, soft pagefaults, allocated, free) --vm-adv enable advance virtual memory stats (steal, scanK, scanD, pgoru, astll) --nfs3 show NFS v3 client operations --nfs3-ops show extended NFS v3 client operations --nfsd3 show NFS v3 server operations --nfsd3-ops show extended NFS v3 server operations --nfsd4-ops show extended NFS v4 server operations --nfsstat4 show NFS v4 stats --rpc show remote procedure call (RPC) client calls stats --rpcd show remote procedure call (RPC) server calls stats --top-bio show most expensive block I/O process --top-bio-adv show most expensive block I/O process (incl. PID and other stats) --top-childwait show process waiting for child the most --top-cpu show most expensive CPU process --top-cpu-adv show most expensive CPU process (incl. PID and other stats) --top-cputime show process using the most CPU time (in milliseconds) --top-cputime-avg show process with the highest average timeslice (in milliseconds) --top-io show most expensive I/O process --top-io-adv show most expensive I/O process (incl. PID and other stats) --top-latency show process with highest total latency (in milliseconds) --top-latency-avg show process with the highest average latency (in milliseconds) --top-mem show process using the most memory --top-oom show process that will be killed by the out-of-memory (OOM) killer the first -f, --full expand -C, -D, -I, -N and -S discovery lists -v, --vmstat equals -pmgdsc -D total --bits force bits for values expressed in bytes --float force float values on screen (mutually exclusive with --integer) --integer force integer values on screen (mutually exclusive with --float) --bw, --blackonwhite change colors for white background terminal --nocolor disable colors --noheaders disable repetitive headers --nomissed disable missed ticks warnings for intermediate samples. --noupdate disable intermediate updates when delay greater than 1. -o file, --output=file write CSV (Comma-Separated Value) format output to a file. -p file, --pidfile=file write the process identifier to a given file. OPTIONAL METRICS PLUGINS Some pcp-dstat configuration files require the installation of optional Performance Metric Domain Agents, above and beyond the default installed set. --battery remaining battery charge in percentage (needs the Denki PMDA) --gpfs GPFS read/write I/O (needs the GPFS PMDA) --gpfs-ops GPFS filesystem operations (needs the GPFS PMDA) --innodb-buffer show innodb buffer stats (needs the MySQL PMDA) --innodb-io show innodb I/O stats (needs the MySQL PMDA) --innodb-ops show innodb operations counters (needs the MySQL PMDA) --lustre show lustre I/O throughput (needs the Lustre PMDA) --memcache-hits show the number of hits and misses from memcache (needs the Memcached PMDA) --mysql5-cmds show the MySQL5 command stats (needs the MySQL PMDA) --mysql5-conn show the MySQL5 connection stats (needs the MySQL PMDA) --mysql5-innodb show the MySQL5 innodb stats (needs the MySQL PMDA) --mysql5-io show the MySQL5 I/O stats (needs the MySQL PMDA) --mysql5-keys show the MySQL5 keys stats (needs the MySQL PMDA) --mysql-io show the MySQL I/O stats (needs the MySQL PMDA) --mysql-keys show the MySQL keys stats (needs the MySQL PMDA) --postfix show postfix queue sizes (needs the Postfix PMDA) --redis show Redis stats (needs the Redis PMDA) --sendmail show sendmail queue size (needs the Sendmail PMDA) --zfs-arc show ZFS arc stats (needs the ZFS PMDA) --zfs-l2arc show ZFS l2arc stats (needs the ZFS PMDA) --zfs-zil show ZFS zil stats (needs the ZFS PMDA) HISTORICAL METRICS PLUGINS Anyone can create additional, custom pcp-dstat plugin configuration files, for any metrics - the list of available metrics can be produced by either the pminfo(1) or pmprobe(1) command. The following do not yet have metrics backing them, but have been included from the original Dstat utility. Please contact if you need or implement any of these, and we'll work with you to get them included. --battery-remain battery remaining in hours, minutes (needs an ACPI PMDA) --cpufreq CPU frequency in percentage (needs an ACPI PMDA) --dbus number of dbus connections (needs a python-dbus PMDA) --fan fan speed (needs an ACPI PMDA) --md-status show software raid (MD driver) progress and speed (needs new disk.md metrics) --power show power usage (needs an ACPI PMDA) --qmail show qmail queue sizes (needs qmail) --squid show squid usage statistics (needs a Squid PMDA) --thermal system temperature sensors (needs an ACPI PMDA) --vm-cpu show VMware CPU stats from hypervisor (needs a VMware PMDA) --vm-mem show VMware memory stats from hypervisor (needs a VMware PMDA) --vm-mem-adv show advanced VMware memory stats from hypervisor (needs a VMware PMDA) --vmk-hba show VMware ESX kernel vmhba stats (needs a VMware PMDA) --vmk-int show VMware ESX kernel interrupt stats (needs a VMware PMDA) --vmk-nic show VMware ESX kernel port stats (needs a VMware PMDA) --vz-cpu show CPU usage per OpenVZ guest (needs an OpenVZ PMDA) --vz-io show I/O usage per OpenVZ guest (needs an OpenVZ PMDA) --vz-ubc show OpenVZ user beancounters (needs an OpenVZ PMDA) --wifi wireless link quality and signal to noise ratio (needs Linux PMDA metrics) INTERMEDIATE UPDATES When invoking pcp-dstat with a delay greater than 1 second and without the --noupdate option, it will show intermediate updates, i.e., the first time a 1 second average, the second update a 2 second average, etc. until the delay has been reached. So in case you specified a delay of 10, the 9 intermediate updates are NOT snapshots, they are averages over the time that passed since the last final update. The end result is that you get a 10 second average on a new line, just like with vmstat(1). EXAMPLES Using pcp-dstat to relate disk-throughput with network-usage (eth0), total CPU-usage and system counters: $ pcp dstat -dnyc -N eth0 -C total -f 5 Using the time plugin together with cpu, net, disk, system, load and proc plugins: $ pcp dstat -tcndylp This is identical to: $ pcp dstat --time --cpu --net --disk --sys --load --proc Using pcp-dstat to report 10 samples from metrics recorded in a PCP archive 20180729 from 2:30 AM: $ pcp --origin '@02:30' -a 20180729 dstat --time --cpu-adv --sys 1 10 Examine the same metrics live from a remote host: $ pcp --host www.acme.com dstat --time --cpu-adv --sys 1 10 FILES $HOME/.pcp/dstat/ private per-user configuration files $PCP_SYSCONF_DIR/dstat/ system-wide configuration files ENVIRONMENT Internal plugins behaviour can be changed through environment variables. DSTAT_TIMEFMT strftime(3) format string for reporting time (see --time) PCP ENVIRONMENT Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5). For environment variables affecting PCP tools, see pmGetOptions(3). AUTHORS The Dstat utility was initially written by Dag Wieers . The Dstat homepage is at http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/dstat/. This manpage was initially written by Andrew Pollock for the Debian GNU/Linux system. The pcp-dstat utility is written and maintained by the PCP developers . The PCP homepage is at https://pcp.io/. SEE ALSO PCPIntro(1), pcp(1), pmcd(1), pminfo(1), pmlogger(1), pmprobe(1), vmstat(1), pmGetOptions(3), strftime(3), PMNS(5), pcp.conf(5), pcp-dstat(5) and utmp(5). Performance Co-Pilot PCP PCP-DSTAT(1)