PCP-NFSIOSTAT(1)

NAME
pcp-nfsiostat - Emulate iostat for NFS mount points using /proc/self/mountstats

SYNOPSIS
pcp [pcp options] nfsiostat [-a archive] [-S start] [-T finish] [-O origin] [-s samples] [-t interval] [-Z --timezone] [-h --host] [-z --hostzone] [-V Version]

DESCRIPTION
The pcp-nfsiostat command reports client-side Network File System (NFS) I/O statistics for each mounted NFS filesystem. For every NFS mountpoint, the output consists of a summary section followed by detailed read and write statistics blocks. These statistics include operation rates, data throughput, latency, retransmissions, queueing delays, and error counts. By default, pcp-nfsiostat monitors NFS mountpoints on the local host and reports live metrics collected via the PCP NFS PMDA , or from an alternative host if specified. When an archive is specified, historical metrics are reported instead.

OUTPUT FORMAT
Statistics are reported per mounted NFS filesystem using the following layout:
server:/export mounted on /mount/point:
           ops/s       rpc bklog
           0.017           0.000
read:              ops/s   kB/s   kB/op   retrans   avg RTT (ms)   avg exe (ms)   avg queue (ms)   errors
                   ...
write:             ops/s   kB/s   kB/op   retrans   avg RTT (ms)   avg exe (ms)   avg queue (ms)   errors
                   ...

FIELD DESCRIPTIONS

ops/s
    Number of NFS operations performed per second.

rpc bklog
    Average number of RPC requests waiting to be transmitted.

kB/s
    Kilobytes transferred per second.

kB/op
    Average number of kilobytes transferred per operation.

retrans
    Number of RPC retransmissions and the retransmission percentage.

avg RTT (ms)
    Average round-trip time in milliseconds for RPC requests.

avg exe (ms)
    Average execution time in milliseconds spent servicing requests on the server.

avg queue (ms)
    Average time in milliseconds spent waiting in the RPC transmission queue.

errors
    Number of failed operations and failure percentage.

OPTIONS

-a, --archive archive
    Fetch NFS I/O statistics from the specified PCP archive.

-s, --samples samples
    Number of samples to collect before exiting.

-t, --interval interval
    Set the interval between two samples. The default is one second.

-S, --start start
    Set the start of the time window when replaying an archive.

-T, --finish finish
    Set the end of the time window when replaying an archive.

-O, --origin origin
    Set the initial sample time within the time window when replaying an archive.

-h, --host host
    Fetch NFS I/O statistics from the specified host.

-z, --hostzone
    Set the reporting timezone to the local timezone of the metrics source.

-Z, --timezone tz
    Set the reporting timezone.

-V, --version
    Display version information and exit.

-?, --help
    Display usage information and exit.

NOTES
pcp-nfsiostat reports client-side NFS statistics collected from the kernel and exposed via the PCP NFS PMDA. The output format and metrics are similar to those reported by the nfsiostat(1) tool from the nfs-utils package.

PCP ENVIRONMENT
Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5). For environment variables affecting PCP tools, see pmGetOptions(3).

SEE ALSO
PCPIntro(1), pcp(1), nfsiostat(1), environ(7).