Archive for October, 2007

Log SAR output to a file for later replay / analysis

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Commands below are for Linux, but the idea works everywhere 'sadc' is available. 1) Start /usr/lib/sa/sadc Example machine1:~ # /usr/lib/sa/sadc 2 7200 sadc.outfile this logs SAR data for 4 hours. 2) Stop logging, do 'killall sadc' or 'kill' 3) Usage of sar. Creating report with all options sar -A -f Example machine1:~ # sar -A -f sadc.outfile > sar.outfile machine1:~ # cat ...

Monitoring IBM HTTP Server From Browser

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Sometimes it is easier and quick to get status on a Web Server from a browser - you can be anywhere and know what is going on with the server. Of course, this works only if you are on a firewall protected network. The IBM HTTP Server server-status page is available ...