OS Processes Page
The Operating System drilldown provides information about the performance, processes, and storage on the database machine.
To open the OS Performance page
- Select the Spotlight on MySQL connection in the Spotlight Browser.
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Click Operating System | OS Processes.
For each process, you can view the information that follows:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
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Process ID |
The process identifier for the database machine operating system. |
|
Command |
A description of the command being run. |
|
User |
The owner of this process. |
|
% User |
The percentage of time spent by this process in user mode. This column does not display data when you are analyzing a database running on UNIX. |
|
% Privileged |
The percentage of time spent by this process in privileged mode. This column does not display data when you are analyzing a database running on UNIX. |
|
Virt. Mem. (MB) |
The amount of virtual memory used by the process. |
|
Work set (MB) |
The amount of physical memory used by the process. |
|
Priority |
The number allocated by the operating system based on the urgency or priority for this process. |
|
Page faults/s |
The number of page faults per second. This column does not display data when you are analyzing a database running on UNIX. |
|
Handles |
The number of handles used for this process. This column does not display data when you are analyzing a database running on UNIX. |
|
Threads |
The number of threads used for this process. This column does not display data when you are analyzing a database running on UNIX. |
|
Start time |
The date and time at which this process started. |
|
% Processor |
The percentage of the CPU being used by this process. |