Archive for the ‘linux’ Category

Tuning Linux systems for WebSphere Application Server 6.0.x

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

When you have a performance concern, check the operating system settings to determine if these settings are appropriate for your application. Because the Linux operating system is not a WebSphere Application Server product, be aware that it can change and results can vary. Procedure Configure the following settings and variables according to ...

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 ...

tar only directories, not files

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

Sometimes you want to preserve only a directory structure into a tar ball without having to archive the files themselves. This can happen if you want to backup a pre-defined directory structure, run some tests, and do not really care about the files created during the test. You ...