Preface

Solstice^(TM) SyMON^(TM) is a system monitoring tool that collects various system information and displays it through a graphical user interface (GUI). This manual, which explains how to install and use Solstice SyMON, also describes how to modify the rules used to monitor the server. It also explains how to customize Solstice SyMON.

How This Book Is Organized

This manual is divided into six chapters and four appendixes:

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

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

Chapter 3, "Using the Solstice SyMON Consoles," provides instructions on how to use the consoles.

Chapter 4, "Understanding and Writing Event Rules," explains how to modify event rules to meet specific monitoring needs. This chapter describes the basic Tcl commands and gives examples of event rules.

Chapter 5, "Command Line Options," describes the options you can invoke on the command line.

Chapter 6, "Troubleshooting," describes troubleshooting tips.

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

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

Appendix C, "Installing SNMP Traps," describes how to install and set up SNMP traps.

Appendix D, "Default Solstice SyMON 1.3 Rules," describes the default Solstice SyMON 1.3 rules.

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, Brent B. Welch, Prentice Hall, 1995.
• Reference card on Tcl, available from Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc., P.O. Box 55549, Seattle WA, 98155-0549.
• Sun Performance and Tuning, Adrian Cockcroft, SunSoft Press, 1995.
• X Window System User's Guide, Motif Edition (Volume 3), O'Reilly and Associates, 1993.

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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 the User's Guide. These are called the class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts

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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