Inside Solaris™ 9

Chapter 19. System Monitoring and Tuning

As system administrator, it’s your job to ensure that the systems you manage are operating at optimum performance levels. Because computer systems are frequently crucial to maintaining the profitability of companies, corporate management is concerned about all computer systems performing as intended. One of the most important tasks you will perform, from a job security point of view, is providing regular reports on the health of your systems to your superiors. It’s excellent job security to show that you are maintaining the systems properly and that everything is operating efficiently. After all, ...