Solaris System Performance Management

Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, Edison, Louisville, New York, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa, United States

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online/Live | On-site/In-house | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Module 1 - Introducing Performance Management

Describe the principles of performance tuning
Describe the performance tuning process
Understand the terms used to describe performance aspects

Module 2 - Using the Solaris OS Monitoring Tools

Describe and use monitoring tools provided with the Solaris OS
Monitor system performance using SymbEL (SE) Toolkit programs
Describe online resources for third-party utilities
Enable system accounting

Module 3 - Viewing and Setting Tuning Parameters

View tuning parameters
Set tuning parameters

Module 4 - Monitoring Processes and Threads

Describe a process
Describe threads
Compare the performance of single-threaded and multithreaded processes
Monitor processes

Module 5 - Managing CPU Scheduling

Control and Monitor CPUs
Monitor CPUs by using SE Toolkit programs
Describe scheduling
Display and change scheduler parameters
Change the scheduling behavior of a process
Describe Solaris Resource Manager projects and the Fair Share Scheduler (FSS)

Module 6 - Monitoring System Caches

Describe a cache
Describe the characteristics of a cache
Identify cache problems associated with multiple CPUs
Identify cache problems associated with cache design

Module 7 - Performing Memory Tuning

Monitor memory utilization
Describe virtual memory
Cache disk-based files
Identify paging statistics
Describe swapping
Identify the memory requirements of an application
Identify memory shortage in a system

Module 8 - Managing Systems Buses

Describe a bus
Describe the prtdiag utility
Diagnose the problems associated with buses

Module 9 - Performing I/O Tuning

Describe the characteristics of a SCSI bus
Describe the time components of disk I/O
Describe driver and bus features that enhance performance
View disk and bus device properties
Describe I/O performance planning
Describe VERITAS Volume Manager and Solaris Volume Manager
Tune the I/O subsystem
Monitor disks by using the Vdbench and SWAT utilities

Module 10 - Tuning UFS

Monitor file system performance statistics
Describe OS services that affect UFS performance
Describe application behavior that affects UFS performance
Tune UFS parameters to improve system efficiency
Tune UFS parameters to match application workloads
Describe alternative write strategies to UFS buffering
Describe alternative file systems to UFS

Module 11 - Monitoring Network Performance

Describe TCP
Describe the performance of network hardware
Monitor network performance with Solaris utilities
Monitor networks by using SE Toolkit programs

Module 12 - Maintaining System Performance

Describe steps for maintaining system performance
Set up system accounting
Describe common utilities for measuring system performance and identifying problem applications
Describe specific types of bottlenecks and methods for reducing them
Describe a basic method for maintaining system performance ...''

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

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