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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:
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Chapter 1, "Solstice SyMON Overview," provides an overview of the features and architecture.
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Chapter 2, "Installing Solstice SyMON," describes how to install the software.
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Chapter 3, "Using the Solstice SyMON Consoles," provides instructions on how to use the consoles.
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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.
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Chapter 5, "Command Line Options," describes the options you can invoke on the command line.
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Chapter 6, "Troubleshooting" describes troubleshooting tips.
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Appendix A, "Kernel Reader," provides a summary of the Kernel Reader data hierarchy.
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Appendix B, "Config Reader," provides a summary of the Configuration Reader data hierarchy.
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Appendix C, "Installing and Setting Up SNMP Traps," describes how to install and set up SNMP traps.
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Appendix D, "Default Solstice SyMON Rules," describes the default Solstice SyMON rules.
Related Documents
- Refer to the following documents for more information on the Tcl scripting language and Sun system performance tuning:
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Tcl and the Tk Toolkit, John K. Ousterhout, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1994.
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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.
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Sun Performance and Tuning, Adrian Cockcroft, SunSoft Press, 1995.
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X Window System User's Guide, Motif Edition (Volume 3), O'Reilly and Associates, 1993.
Typographic Conventions
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| 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:
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| 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.
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| C shell | machine_name% |
| C shell superuser | machine_name# |
| Bourne shell and Korn shell | $ |
| Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser | # |
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