Chapter 2, Views
View Menus
Each view contained within the
View Library
may be accessed via one of the View Menu trees. The highlighted letters indicate the keyboard letter by which you can invoke the menu when combined with the ALT key.
The Master View Menu
Select View.
View Menu
The Agent Views Menu
SCO Doctor incorporates an assessment process which runs continuously in the background, collecting performance data and intelligently managing the system. Known as agent, this program also collects its own operational statistics. These views provide access to those statistics.
To invoke this menu option, select View, Agent.
The Configuration Views Menu
These views access the static configuration for the system. The disk and file system configuration views are replicated in their respective menu options for convenience.
To invoke this menu option, select View, Configuration.
The Disk Views Menu
These views provide statistics regarding the disk subsystem including configuration and performance related metrics. The disk subsystem is one of the most critical to computer systems and its effective management is essential to achieve acceptable system performance.
To invoke this menu option, select View, Disks.
The File Systems Views Menu
These views provide an insight into the file systems, their configuration and performance. Views included show file system space usage and load balance.
To invoke this menu option, select View, File Systems.
The Load Factor Views Menu
These views analyze various system load factors. By default they show how each load changes over time.
To invoke this menu option, select View, Load Factor.
The Network Views Menu
These views relate to the network interfaces, protocols and communications lines for the system. Most of these views display numerical tables.
To invoke this menu option, select View, Network.
The Printer Views Menu
These views analyze current printer performance and load by the use of the various menu options.
To invoke this menu option, select View, Printer.
The Process Views Menu
These views analyze every facet of process performance and the load it imposes on the system. They also offer convenient sub-totalling to view resource usage by user, by terminal, by group or by application name.
To invoke this menu option, select View, Processes.
The By User Process Views Menu
These views sub-total usage by user name and enable you to determine which users are consuming the most resources from the system.
To invoke this menu option, select View, Processes, By User.
The By Group Process Views Menu
These views sub-total usage by user group. If different process groups are used for each project or department within your organization, you can highlight the different resource requirements of each group.
To invoke this menu option, select View, Processes, By Group.
The By Program Process Views Menu
These views sub-total resource usage by application program name and enable you to determine which applications are responsible for the loads on the system.
To invoke this menu option, select View, Process, By Program.
The By Terminal Process Views Menu
These views sub-total resource usage by terminal name. This is useful when all users login to a common login account.
To invoke this menu option, select View, Processes, By Terminal
The System Views Menu
These views analyze the current system performance and load and provide a useful starting point for diagnosing which subsystem is causing problems. From these views you can progressively home in on the source of the trouble.
To invoke this menu option, select View, System.
The Tunable Parameters View Menu
This view displays, as a table, information about kernel tunable parameters. Table size, maximum usage levels, type and other information is displayed.
To invoke this menu option, select View, Tunable Parameters.
The contents of this view varies for each operating system. Access online help for more information.