>>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:00 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that the discussion was that tools like PERFTK, ESAMON, CP IND > USER show accurate numbers for what the whole virtual machine is using, > and the the numbers from tools INSIDE a linux virtual machine such as > TOP, SAR vary depending upon the level of the kernel, the distribution > and the workload of the rest of the system.
With the exception that ESAMON normalizes what the Linux system reports against what z/VM reports for a more accurate representation of what is happening inside the guest OS. Mark Post