Logins Page
The Logins page displays the users currently logged in to the selected connection.
To open the logins page
- Select the Spotlight on Unix connection in the Spotlight Browser.
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Click Activity Summary | Logins.
Data in the Logins page
For each login, you can view the information that follows.
Note: Not all of the columns in the Logins table may be visible by default. To view hidden columns, right-click the grid heading and select Organize columns....
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| UserName | The name of a user logged in to the Unix host. |
| Line | The terminal device associated with this connection. |
| LoginTime | The date and time when the user logged in for this session. |
| Idle | The time elapsed since the user's last activity (if available). |
| PID | The Process ID of the connection or login. |
| Comments | Additional information about the connection, including the address from which the connection was made (if available). |
Filesystems And Disk Information
The Filesystems drilldown displays information on the disk usage for each filesystem on the Unix system, and the proportion of disk space that has been used for each filesystem.
Note: Refer to man df(1) for further details on the values shown in the Filesystems page.
To open the Filesystems and Disk Information drilldown
- Select the Spotlight on Unix connection in the Spotlight Browser.
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Click Filesystems.
To view disk usage in a chart
Right-click the Filesystems page and select View as Chart.
The information is displayed on a set of bar graphs that represent used and free disk space. Use the drop-down By Megabyte / By Percentage control to specify how to view disk usage.
To view disk usage in a table
Right-click the Filesystems page and select View as Grid.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Filesystem | The Unix device that holds a filesystem. |
| Used Space | The amount of used space on the filesystem. |
| Free Space | The amount of free space on the filesystem. |
| Mounted On | The mount point for the filesystem. |
To view disk usage for NFS mounted disks
NFS (Network File System) was developed by Sun Microsystems to allow a Unix host to use disk space on a remote machine as if it were local storage. Spotlight provides a shortcut option to allow you to show or hide disk usage for NFS mounted disks.
Right-click the Filesystems page and select Show NFS mounted Filesystems.
Alarm Log
The Alarm Log drilldown displays information on the alarms associated with the selected connection.
To open the alarm log
- Select the Spotlight on Unix connection in the Spotlight Browser.
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Click Alarm Log.
Notes:
- The Alarm Log drilldown is common to all Spotlight applications. See Spotlight Alarms for more information.
- The alarms are specific to the current Spotlight connection. Spotlight Alarms
View | Options
Spotlight is powerful diagnostic and problem-resolution tool for Unix and Linux operating systems. Its unique user interface provides you with an intuitive, visual representation of the activity on your host machine.
For information on Spotlight on Unix, see these sections
| Section |
Description |
|---|---|
| Background Information |
Introductory material to Spotlight on Unix. |
| Connect to a Unix System | Create / Modify / Delete connections to Unix systems. |
| Home Page | The Spotlight home page shows the flow of information and commands between various sub-components and the size and status of internal resources such as processes, disk files and memory structures. |
| Alarms |
Spotlight alerts you to problems with your system by issuing an alarm. You can configure Spotlight in the level of severity that constitutes an alarm, to disable an alarm, and the actions Spotlight takes on raising the alarm. |
| Drilldowns | When you have isolated a problem, you can display a drilldown page, whose charts and tables provide a detailed breakdown of the underlying statistics. |
| View | Options | Customize Spotlight. |
| Troubleshooting | Solve problems using Spotlight. |
For information on using Spotlight applications See