Preface

Solstice^(TM) SyMON^(TM) is a system monitoring tool that collects various system information and displays it to the user through a graphical user interface (GUI). This book, which explains how to install and use Solstice SyMON also describes how the user can modify the rules that Solstice SyMON uses to monitor the server. This allows the user to customize Solstice SyMON to meet the particular system monitoring needs of the user.

How This Book Is Organized

This manual is divided into four chapters and two appendixes:

Chapter 1, "Solstice SyMON Overview," provides an overview of the features and technical architecture of Solstice SyMON.

Chapter 2, "Installing Solstice SyMON," describes how to install and start Solstice SyMON.

Chapter 3, "Using the Consoles," provides instructions on how to navigate around the graphical user interface (GUI) of Solstice SyMON.

Chapter 4, "Understanding and Using Event Rules," describes event rules and how to modify them to meet specific monitoring needs.

Appendix A, "Kernel Reader," provides a summary of the Kernel Reader data hierarchy.

Appendix B, "Config Reader," provides a summary of the Config Reader data hierarchy.

Related Documents

Refer to the following documents for more information on the Tcl scripting language and Sun system performance tuning:

• Tcl and the Tk Toolkit, John K. Ousterhout, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1994.
• Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, by Brent B. Welch, Prentice Hall, 1995.
• Tcl Reference card; available from Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc., P.O. Box 55549, Seattle WA., 98155-0549
• Sun Performance and Tuning, Adrian Cockcroft, SunSoft Press, 1995.

Typographic Conventions

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Table P-1

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% You have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	machine_name%su Password:
AaBbCc123	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called the class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine_name%
C shell superuser	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	#

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