HP Caliper HP-UX Release Notes

Deletions
• The HTML reporting option is deleted. If HP Caliper is invoked using the --html
option, the following message is output:
HP Caliper: usage error:
--html option is no longer supported
Use the -o option for text reports or
Use the GUI to view the database.
Changes in Release 5.0
New Options and Enhancements to Options
The HP Caliper 5.0 release has been improved to provide performance analysis for
Enterprise and multi-tier applications
• HP Caliper can now generate reports from Caliper databases created on a different
OS than the one from which HP Caliper is reporting. You can now view
measurement information on a different system than that used to make the
measurement.
• The –db-save option has a new argument, all, that specifies that symbols, code,
and line tables should be saved to the HP Caliper database. This information can
then be used to report without access to the original binaries. In addition, the other
arguments now work slightly differently. The syms argument saves symbols,
code saves symbols and code, src saves symbols, code, and line tables (equivalent
to all).
• The --system–usage option has been enhanced to report CPU and I/O usage.
The CPU usage tells you how much time each process or thread spent on each
CPU. It also tells you how often each process or thread moved to another CPU.
I/O usage tells you how much I/O (logical and physical read and write operations)
occurred for each thread or process. Note that the --system-usage option is not
supported for ecount or cpu measurements when --scope system is also
specified.
• The cpu measurement now supports --group-by=executable.
• cstack reports now show Sample Hits Waiting broken down into blocked and
spinning.
• New kernel tracing features allow you to track and report kernel activity. Refer to
the HP Caliper Ktrace Features Guide for additional information.
• HP Caliper now uses the PMU-services library to enable PMU sharing. This library
can be used by other PMU clients.
Enhancements to the GUI
• The HP Caliper GUI for x86 Linux systems now has the option of connecting to a
local, x86–based HP Caliper server (in addition to the capability of connecting to
18 Changes in Previous Releases