Spotlight on Unix/Linux
Real-time diagnostics of Unix/Linux problems
Identify congested areas and swiftly respond to issues before they impact users with this performance and diagnostics resolution tool. Get real-time data flow from Solaris, AIX, HPUX, and Unix/Linux operating systems (including I/O subsystem, cache and kernel information). Create thresholds with an automatically generated set of normal baseline activity for each system, and send alerts about impending problems.
Features
- Enhance visibility within your operating system. See actual I/O traffic in real time through a representation of its processes and components
- Quicken time to resolution through real-time diagnostics in problem areas, including front-end directors, cache, disk I/O and transaction statistics
- Increase efficiency and eliminate guesswork with audible or visual alarms that detect imminent problems
- Decrease end-user downtime and accelerate productivity with powerful drilldowns and speedy problem resolution
- Improve your application performance management solution by integrating with Foglight®
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Specifications
Before installing Spotlight on Unix, ensure your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:
- Platform
A Pentium-based or equivalent PC with:
- A 1.2 GHz Processor (recommended minimum).
- A monitor capable of supporting a resolution of 1280x1024 or larger. (You should also set the display to use the 64K color palette [65536 colors].)
- A CD-ROM drive or Internet connection. Spotlight can be downloaded from the Internet or installed from compact disc. The CD-ROM drive should be attached to the PC on which Spotlight is to be installed. A drive mapped to a network device could be used if a local CD-ROM is not available.
- A printer (optional). Spotlight reports can be printed on a laser or bubble jet printer. You can print graphs in color if your printer provides this capability.
- A sound card and speakers (optional). Spotlight can use sound to alert you when a threshold is reached. You must have a sound card and speakers installed on your PC for this feature to work.
- Memory
512 megabytes of RAM (minimum). 1 gigabyte recommended. Memory consumption will increase for multiple simultaneous connections.
- Hard disk space
1 gigabyte of free disk space. This should exist on a local disk drive rather than a network drive. Extra disk space will be required if you choose to log historical snapshots from within Spotlight.
- Operating system
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32-bit and 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32-bit and 64-bit (Service Pack 1 or later)
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional 32-bit and 64-bit (Service Pack 1 or later)
- Unix client permission requirements
You can find client permission requirements for Spotlight on Unix in the Spotlight on Unix Getting Started Guide. These permissions include those required...
- When installing Spotlight.
- When running Spotlight.
- When authenticating a Spotlight license.
- Unix Servers
Unix servers and versions. Spotlight on Unix supports the following server operating systems for O/S Server queries:
- Sun Solaris 9, 10, 11
- HP-UX 11i, 11i v2, 11i v3
- IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1
- Red Hat and SUSE operating systems running Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels
- Unix Server Software
Unix programs. The following Unix programs must be accessible to the user logged on to the Unix machine.
- Perl 5.x
- awk
- cat
- date
- df
- grep
- ifconfig
- iostat (not HP-UX)
- netstat
- ps
- sar
- sed
- tr
- uname
- uptime
- vmstat
- wc
- who
For HP-UX, additionally
- bdf
- cstm
- getconf
- swapinfo
- /usr/sbin/ioscan
For AIX, additionally
- lsattr
- lsdev
- lsps
- prtconf
For Solaris, additionally
- /etc/swap
- mpstat
- nawk
- prtconf
- Unix user permissions and installation settings
- The Unix user should have no special processing on log-on. In particular there must be no input required from the user, and nor should any special login banners be displayed.
- On AIX, the user must be a member of the "adm" group to be able to run the sar command.
- On Linux, the sysstat package must be installed to enable the user to get detailed disk I/O information.
- On Linux the /proc filesystem must be present.
- For connection using SSH, the sshd daemon must be installed and running.
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