HP Caliper HP-UX Release Notes

a remote Itanium-based server). This is useful for viewing performance data
without the need for access to a remote server. Note that the Collect view is disabled
when the GUI connects to the x86–based HP Caliper server as it has no perfomance
measurement capabilities.
The x86–based server is packaged with the x86–based GUI (available from
<install_dir>/gui_clients/caliper-clients.tar.gz). To connect to
the local server, select Locall Connect ... from the main tool bar. The resulting
dialog will be seeded with the path to the local server. Click OK to connect.
NOTE: : When collecting data, be sure to use the command line's –db-save
option or the GUI Collect view's Measurement Storage options (see Measurement
tab) if you wish to save symbols, code, and line tables for off-line viewing.
• The dcache measurement now shows dcache misses caused by RSE activity.
• A new system usage viewer provides application-wide or system-wide views of
process run states, I/O activity, and system calls, with the capability of easily
drilling down to view system usage for the hottest processes and threads.
• The main tool bar now has an Interrupt button that allows you to interrupt GUI
activties that appear stuck or are taking too much time.
• When function names are wider than the available column width in tables, or node
width in graphs, the function name is now truncated on the left and right to display
the most meaningful part of the function name. This is particularly useful for long
C++ functions names and function names with a long load module prefix. The full
function name is always available in tool tips.
• By default, the GUI now shows thousands separators (comas) in numeric data.
This feature can be disabled via the Preference Dialog.
Changes in Release 4.4
New Options and Enhancements to Options
• The new option: --db-save=[syms][:code][:src] allows you to save in the
database containing your measurements, additional information helpful in later
reporting. This option must be used when the measurement is first made. You can
then generate reports or view reports in the GUI without needing access to the
system where data was collected. You can save symbols ("syms", for function
names), "code" (for disassembly), and/or line tables ("src" for source line lookup)
to a Caliper database.
• Caliper's dcache measurement can now profile accesses of data structure fields
that result in data cache misses (HP-UX only). The measured program must be
compiled with +annotate=structs (available with aCC version 6.15 or later).
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