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zSeries views
Chapter 5 Perceive metrics 179
zSeries views
Perceive provides default views for reporting on zSeries computers. The following
sections describe these views.
For additional information about navigating among view categories, refer to
“Navigating view categories” on page 74.
CPU overview
This view provides CPU utilization and CPU scheduling queue by individual logical
systems (partitions containing individual zOS images). It contains the following
metrics:
Look for excessive queuing which might indicate CPU contention. For more detail,
drill down on the appropriate metric.
Memory
This view provides central and expanded storage paging usage. It contains the
following metric:
Metric Description
CPU Utilization Displays the CPU utilization for partition on the selected
computers.
Units: Percent
Default graph: Bar
CPU Queue Length Displays the CPU queue length for each partition on the
selected computers.
Units: Count
Default graph: Bar