Hello nmon user,

This is first release candidate but seems to me to be stable enough for real work.
But please test it a little before removing your older nmon version.

Please feedback any problems to the developer Nigel Griffiths at nag@uk.ibm.com

A zipped sample output file (not too big please) is also helpful.

Where can I download nmon from?

* http://www-941.ibm.com/collaboration/wiki/display/WikiPtype/nmon

What is new in this latest nmon for AIX?

* http://www-941.ibm.com/collaboration/wiki/display/WikiPtype/nmon12+Line+Items

What tests should I try and the commands to try new features?
* http://www-
941.ibm.com/collaboration/wiki/display/WikiPtype/Release+Test+Instructions

Where can I ask questions? The AIX and Linux on POWER Performance Tools Forum
* http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=749

Installing
* You will need to unzip the file: gunzip nmon4aix12e.tar.gz
* and then tar the files out: tar xvf nmon4aix12e.tar

You should find the following files:

nmon <- the shell script starter of the actual nmon binary below
nmon12c_aix51
nmon12c_aix522
nmon12c_aix527
nmon12c_aix530
nmon12c_aix534
nmon12c_aix535
nmon12c_aix536
nmon12c_aix537
nmon12c_aix61
README_nmon12e.txt <- this file

Changes for 12e:

Add the following the AAA file output section. the welcome screen and Ressources
"r" section
Serial Number - helps identify the machine running the LPAR
LPAR Number and Name - as found on the HMC
Machine Type - helps identify the machine running the LPAR
Node Name - for WPARs this is the WPAR name (not the hostname)
Provide timeout of the fcstat command that can hang if the FC cables are not
plugged in!
Work around libperfstat approximations that are wrong (on error reported as 0.0)

Changes for 12d:

Fix MEMPAGE big in the capture file
Added POWER6 Multiple CPU pool stats
- you need Pool Authorisation for some of them
- now called in HMC7 "Allow performance information collection" on the LPAR
properties
- note this not in the LPAR profile
Online the Network numbers have more digits for ultra fast networks like
Infiniband/10Gb Ethernet
- plus "=" toggles between KB/s and MB/s for network and disks
Fixed WLM online stats
Fixed WPAR stats to file if WPAR inactive

Changes for 12c:

o Removed problem raso command
o Add AIX 5.1
o Move header lines earlier in the output to help some post capture filters
programs

Changes for 12b:

o WPAR stats improved and handles inactive WPARs now
o WLM stats flip to WPAR view, when you use both @ for WPAR stats and W for WLM
o WPAR state changes and WPAR create/delete now handled OK
- While collecting to a file there is not much we can do
- You will find a warning in the output file if the number of WPARs changes
o More accurate CPU_ALL numbers i.e. adjusted like AIX commands
- Hopefully more consistently too with different online views
o CPU-Utilisation-Long-Term became Physical-CPU-Utilisation-Long-Term
- To highlight on a shared CPU LPAR this is no long Logical CPU average
o Additional BBBP section stats collected - especially for AIX6
o Typos and wrong units that were reported were fixed
- A big thanks to our eagle eyed beta testers
o Work arounds for verious kernel/library bugs
o Adapter-I/O became Disk-Adapter-I/O to highlight its just disks
- Note the new Fibre Channel stats can see SAN Tape I/O
o Top Process Character I/O now reported in KB (like the others)
- Note when too large a M appears next to the number
- This is then reporting MB (not millions of KBs!)

Good luck, Nigel