physc per process not to be coherent with the total physc used by the LPAR

Products

• CA Automic Sysload

Issue/Introduction

Affects Release version(s): 5

Error Message :
None

Patch level detected:Sysload Agent for Unix
Product Version: Sysload 5.8.0

Description :The calculation of physc per process seems not to be coherent with the total physc used by the LPAR

Environment

OS: IBM AIX
OS Version: all AIX

Cause

Cause type:
By design
Root Cause: This is expected behaviour of the agent for AIX.

Resolution

Sysload stats are coherent with the topas stats, short life processes are not seen either in topas but they contribute to the physc of the system.

Useful documentation:
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Understanding physical CPU consumption by a Process (discussion on DeveloperWorks Blog)
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=77777777-0000-0000-0000-000014807784

Fix Status: Released

Fix Version(s):
Component: Agents
Version: Sysload 5.8.0

Additional Information

Workaround :
N/A