Oracle Solaris 11 Performance Management (D78767) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Introducing Performance Management
  • Introduction to Performance Management
  • Performance Analysis Concepts
  • Monitoring tools in Oracle Solaris 11
  • System Configuration Assessment
kstat Monitoring Tools
  • The kstat Monitoring Tools
procfs Monitoring Tools
  • Introduction to procfs-based tools
DTrace
  • Introduction to DTrace
  • DTrace Architecture
  • DTrace Toolkit
  • DTrace Virtualization Tool
Other Significant Tools
  • The swap Utility
  • The cpustat Utility
  • The mdb Utility
  • The Solaris Studio dbx Utility
Processes and Threads
  • Operating System Theory
  • Process Concepts
  • Threads and Locking
  • Process-Related Tunable Parameters
  • CPU Scheduling Classes
  • Managing Scheduling Classes
System Caches and Buses
  • Cache Concepts
  • CMT architecture
  • System Buses
  • Assessing System Buses
System Memory
  • System Memory Concepts
  • Virtual Memory 2
  • Monitoring Memory utilization
ZFS File System
  • The ZFS File System
  • Tuning the ZFS file system
Network Performance Management
  • Network Performance Concepts
  • Oracle Solaris 11 Networking
  • Configuring networks for best performance
  • Network Resource management
  • TCP
  • Network Monitoring
Resource Management
  • Resource Management
  • Projects and Tasks
  • Resource Controls
  • Resource Pools
  • Resource Capping
Oracle Solaris Virtualization Performance Management
  • Oracle Solaris Zones
  • Oracle Solaris Zones Resource Management
  • Network Virtualization
  • Oracle VM Server for SPARC
Applying the Performance Analysis Approach
  • Performance Testing and Benchmarks
  • Performance Testing Tools