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5 plotting the node performance data, The xcxperf utility display – HP XC System 3.x Software User Manual

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$ xcxperf -o test

Figure 7-4 The xcxperf Utility Display

Specifying the data file prefix when you invoke the xcxperf utility from the command line plays back
the display according to the recorded data. The following command line plays back the test.xcxperf
data file:

$ xcxperf test

The graphical display differs from the depiction in

Figure 7-4

because there is an additional pull-down

menu named Control next to the File menu. Choosing the Play... option from the Control menu opens a
dialog box that you can use to control the playback.

For additional information about this utility, see xcxperf(1).

7.5 Plotting the Node Performance Data

The perfplot utility enables you to graph the data from the datafiles generated with the xcxperf utility.

Figure 7-5

is a representation of the output from the perfplot utility for the DB.n6.xcxperf data file.

This data file is created when the xcxperf utility is run with the -o DB option, as shown here:

$ /opt/xtools/bin/perfplot DB

Node n6 is one of the nodes in the job allocation.

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