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Batch Mode Command-Line Options
You can use batch mode with command-line options.
The command-line options in
Table A-17 are available in batch mode.
Table A-17. Command-Line Options in Batch Mode
Option Description
a Show all statistics. This option overrides configuration file setups and shows all statistics. The
configuration file can be the default ~/.esxtop4rc configuration file or a user-defined
configuration file.
b Runs resxtop (or esxtop) in batch mode.
c <filename> Load a user-defined configuration file. If the -c option is not used, the default configuration
filename is ~/.esxtop4rc. Create your own configuration file, specifying a different filename, using
the W single-key interactive command.
d Specifies the delay between statistics snapshots. The default is five seconds. The minimum is two
seconds. If a delay of less than two seconds is specified, the delay is set to two seconds.
n Number of iterations. resxtop (or esxtop) collects and saves statistics this number of times, and
then exits.
server The name of the remote server host to connect to (required, resxtop only).
portnumber The port number to connect to on the remote server. The default port is 443, and unless this is
changed on the server, this option is not needed. (resxtop only)
username The user name to be authenticated when connecting to the remote host. You are prompted by the
remote server for a password, as well (resxtop only).
Using Replay Mode
In replay mode, esxtop replays resource utilization statistics collected using vm-support .
After you prepare for replay mode, you can use esxtop in this mode. See the
vm-support
man page.
In replay mode,
esxtop
accepts the same set of interactive commands as in interactive mode and runs until no
more snapshots are collected by vm-support to be read or until the requested number of iterations are
completed.
Prepare for Replay Mode
To run in replay mode, you must prepare for replay mode.
Procedure
1 Run
vm-support
in snapshot mode on the ESX service console.
Use the following command.
vm-support -S -d duration -I interval
2 Unzip and untar the resulting tar file so that
esxtop
can use it in replay mode.
You can now use
esxtop
in replay mode.
Use esxtop in Replay Mode
You can use esxtop in replay mode.
You do not have to run replay mode on the ESX service console. Replay mode can be run to produce output
in the same style as batch mode (see the command-line option
b
, below).
Appendix A Performance Monitoring Utilities: resxtop and esxtop
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