International Business Machines Corporation

Allan E Johnson

Philip Lee Vitale

Venkat Rajeev Indukuru

Todd Jon Rosedahl

Mark Robert Funk

Randall Ray Heisch

Christopher Francois

William A Bostic

Jesse L Sathre

Mechanisms are provided for a graphical user interface tool for system-wide topology and performance monitoring with per-partition views. A graphical user interface application presents a consolidated view of physical and logical information based on the received performance data. The mechanisms provide real-time performance and utilization information in a visual format relative to the physical components in a topographical layout. The user may drill down to lower levels to view more detailed performance and utilization information.

System-wide topology and performance monitoring GUI tool with per-partition views

A computer configuration utility automatically alters system configuration parameters to sample multiple different configurations. At least one workrate metric is measured at each sampled configuration. The workrate measurements for the multiple different configurations are compared to determine the effect of different configurations with respect to at least one optimization criterion. System configuration is automatically adjusted to the optimum configuration. Preferably, the workrate metric is (non-idle) instructions executed per unit of time.

Automatic configuration sampling for managing configuration parameters of a computer system

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