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PCP-NFSIOSTAT(1) General Commands Manual PCP-NFSIOSTAT(1)
pcp-nfsiostat - Emulate iostat for NFS mount points using
/proc/self/mountstats
pcp [pcp options] nfsiostat [-s samples] [-a archive] [-Z
--timezone] [-z --hostzone] [-V Version]
The pcp-nfsiostat command reports client-side Network File System
(NFS) I/O statistics for each mounted NFS filesystem. For every
NFS mountpoint, the output consists of a summary section followed
by detailed read and write statistics blocks. These statistics
include operation rates, data throughput, latency,
retransmissions, queueing delays, and error counts. By default,
pcp-nfsiostat monitors NFS mountpoints on the local host and
reports live metrics collected via the PCP NFS PMDA. When an
archive is specified, historical metrics are reported instead.
Statistics are reported per mounted NFS filesystem using the
following layout:
server:/export mounted on /mount/point:
ops/s rpc bklog
0.017 0.000
read: ops/s kB/s kB/op retrans avg RTT (ms) avg exe (ms) avg queue (ms) errors
...
write: ops/s kB/s kB/op retrans avg RTT (ms) avg exe (ms) avg queue (ms) errors
...
ops/s Number of NFS operations performed per second.
rpc bklog
Average number of RPC requests waiting to be transmitted.
kB/s Kilobytes transferred per second.
kB/op Average number of kilobytes transferred per operation.
retrans
Number of RPC retransmissions and the retransmission
percentage.
avg RTT (ms)
Average round-trip time in milliseconds for RPC requests.
avg exe (ms)
Average execution time in milliseconds spent servicing
requests on the server.
avg queue (ms)
Average time in milliseconds spent waiting in the RPC
transmission queue.
errors Number of failed operations and failure percentage.
-a, --archive Iarchive
Fetch NFS I/O statistics from the specified PCP archive.
-s, --samples Isamples
Number of samples to collect before exiting.
-z, --hostzone
Set the reporting timezone to the local timezone of the
metrics source.
-Z, --timezone Itz
Set the reporting timezone.
-V, --version
Display version information and exit.
-?, --help
Display usage information and exit.
pcp-nfsiostat reports client-side NFS statistics collected from
the kernel and exposed via the PCP NFS PMDA. The output format and
metrics are similar to those reported by the nfsiostat(1) tool
from the nfs-utils package.
Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to
parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP. On each
installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for
these variables. The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an
alternative configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5).
For environment variables affecting PCP tools, see
pmGetOptions(3).
PCPIntro(1), pcp(1), nfsiostat(1), environ(7).
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