To invoke XPS, enter the following at the shell prompt:
XPS comes up with a display like that shown in Title not available.
XPS always displays a separate bar for each of the processes you
own.
By supplying the appropriate options, you can control
whether XPS displays the remaining processes individually or in
groups. You can also adjust the update rate and the font used in
the display. Note that, regardless of the update rate, the
displayed process statistics represent a moving average over
time.
The Process Name section provides the names of your processes.
By default, XPS groups all other user processes under Other
Processes and all operating system processes under OS
Processes. To expand Other Processes and display the
processes individually, use the -p option. To expand OS
Processes and display the processes individually, use the -l1
option.
The I/O Type section provides the following information:
- Network
The number of network messages sent or received per
second within the sample interval.
- Disk
The number of disk reads or writes per second within the
sample interval.
The Network I/O Type section provides the following
information:
- Paging Requests
The number of requests to read or write per
second from the monitoring machine within the sample interval.
- Paging Services
The number of requests received to read or write
per second from other machines within the sample interval.
- Other Traffic
The number of network messages sent or received
per second that are unrelated to paging requests and paging
services within the sample interval.
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