SOLARIS TRANSLATOR SHEET

Translator Activation Information

Name	Solaris 8 Auto (Solaris 2.6 Auto or Solaris 7 Auto)
Full Path on Server	/usr/local/APT/SOLARIS/aptx-sol
Directory of Data Files	SAR data file location, usually /var/adm/sa

Auto SAR Data Information

This version of Solaris performance translator is completely decoupled from the underlying SAR data files. Translator automatically indexes all SAR files and presents them as a single data source to APT console.

Both APT graph and analysis features are now able to use pieces of an entire collection period, including using data from more than one file. In graphs, it is possible to zoom and pan seamlessly across the entire set of collected data. If any time period is missing in collected data, it will be reflected by a straight line connecting adjacent points on the graph.

Installation

Gunzip and tar xf your downloaded distribution file. Change permissions to your local APT user, for example (assuming user apt and group perf):

chown –R apt:perf /usr/local/APT/SOLARIS

Grant the apt user execute permission on /usr/sbin/sar or alternate sar location. Grant read and execute on sar data files and their directory, usually /var/adm/sa

Enabling Data Collection

Solaris APT Translator relies on sar to gather performance data. Sar data collection (sadc) is not enabled by default. To enable sar collection every 20 minutes, as root:

· su – sys (become the “sys” user)

· crontab –e (edit crontab file)

· Insert the following line

0,20,40 * * * * /usr/lib/sa/sa1

When adding Solaris Auto translator in APT console, specify /var/adm/sa as “Directory of data files”

Run “man sar”, “man sadc” or “man sa1” for more information