1. List the available performance metrics

  1. To list all the available performance metrics:

pminfo

  1. To list a group of related metrics:

pminfo <metric_name_prefix>

Note

<metric_name_prefix> requests all metrics whose names match with either <metric_name_prefix> or <metric_name_prefix>.<anything>

For more information on performace metrics name space, please read here.

  1. To get one-line help text for a performace metric:

pminfo -t <metric_name>

  1. To get detailed help text for a performace metric:

pminfo -T <metric_name>

  1. To search for a performace metric, when only part of the full name is known:

pminfo | grep <part_of_full_name>

  1. To verify whether the specified metric exists or not:

pminfo <metric1_full_name> <metric2_full_name>

Check out the video guide for more information on pminfo: