Appendix C Oracle Solaris Troubleshooting Commands; Iostat Command - Fujitsu Oracle M10-1 Service Manual

Appendix C
Oracle Solaris Troubleshooting
Commands
This appendix describes how to use Oracle Solaris commands to display fault
diagnosis information and to take countermeasures. The commands listed here are
useful for determining whether there are problems in the system, the network, or
some other system connected through the network.

iostat Command

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prtdiag Command
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prtconf Command
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netstat Command
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ping Command
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ps Command
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prstat Command
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C.1 iostat Command
The iostat command is used to regularly report the CPU usage status, as well as the
terminal status, the drive status, and the I/O status.
Table C-1
applied to solving system issues.
Table C-1 iostat command options
Option
No options
-c
lists the options of the iostat command and how those options can be
Description
Reports the status of the local I/O
device.
Reports, as ratios, the length of time
that the system has been in user
mode, in system mode, waiting for
I/O, and idling.
Application
Allows you to view the device
status concisely in 3 lines.
Allows you to view the CPU status
as a concise report.
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