HP Caliper 5.3 User Guide (5900-1558, February 2011)

For information about the HP Caliper Advisor, read this chapter:
• “Using the HP Caliper Advisor” (p. 76).
For information about how to configure HP Caliper to collect data and report the results, read these
chapters:
• “Configuring HP Caliper ” (p. 91) describes how you can configure HP Caliper to collect
data.
• “Controlling the Content of Reports” (p. 104) describes how to control the content of reports
based on the data collected.
For information about how to run particular measurements, read these chapters:
• “Producing a Sampled Call Graph Profile Analysis” (p. 120) describes how to use HP Caliper
to produce a sampled call graph profile analysis.
• “Producing a Sampled Call Stack Profile Analysis” (p. 132) describes how to use HP Caliper
to produce a sampled call stack profile analysis.
• “Performing CPU Metrics Analysis ” (p. 151) describes how to measure CPU metrics on
HP-UX.
For information about HP Caliper features specific to HP-UX, read this chapter:
• “HP Caliper Features Specific to HP-UX ” (p. 152).
Also see these appendixes:
• “HP Caliper Diagnostic and Warning Messages” (p. 164) describes some diagnostic and
warning messages you might receive.
• “Descriptions of Measurement Reports” (p. 168) provides descriptions of reports produced for
all of the HP Caliper measurements.
• “Event Set Descriptions for CPU Metrics ” (p. 219) contains descriptions for the output of
each event set available with the cpu measurement.
Typographic Conventions
This document uses the following typographic conventions:
$ The system prompt for the Bourne, Korn, and POSIX shells.
audit(5) A manpage. The manpage name is audit, and it is located in
Section 5.
Command A command name or qualified command phrase.
Computer output Text displayed by the computer.
Ctrl+x A key sequence. A sequence such as Ctrl+x indicates that you
must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while you press another key
or mouse button.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE The name of an environment variable, for example, PATH.
ERROR NAME The name of an error, usually returned in the errno variable.
File name The name of a file, a measurement, or an event set.
Key The name of a keyboard key. Return and Enter both refer to the
same key.
Term The defined use of an important word or phrase.
User input Commands and other text that you type.
Variable The name of a placeholder in a command, function, or other
syntax display that you replace with an actual value. An example
is program, where the actual file name will vary.
13