Chapter 11: Use the DECwindows Motif Interface › Start the DECwindows Motif Interface

Start the DECwindows Motif Interface

You can use the windowing interface even if the Performance Agent is not installed or running on your workstation. The windowing interface can be directed to your workstation by setting host from a workstation to a node on which the Performance Agent is installed and by issuing this command:

$ SET DISPLAY/CREATE/NODE=MYNODE

To start the CA DECwindows Motif interface, enter the following command:

$ ADVISE/INTERFACE=MOTIF

The window interface displays its main window, from which you select the activity you want to perform, as shown in the following main window example:

This Main Window for the Performance Agent software allows you to do the following activities:

• Control the CA interface
• Display dumps of collected data
• Customize data collection, PSDC$DATABASE definition, and the parameters file
• View or remove specified main window sections

The Main Window displays the following information:

PSDC$DATABASE translation

Displays the following directory information:

• Collection/Status—Displays the system-wide definition of the CA database. This directory contains the data files produced by the local data collection process and the schedule file for controlling collection.
• Reporting/Customizing—Displays the process definition of the CA database, if it exists. If not, the job definition, group definition, or system definition is displayed.

If you want to reference CA data stored in a directory other than the system directory, you can specify an alternate directory. This alternate directory might contain CA data files from another cluster, or archived data, or both.

Performance Agent Status

The status of the data collection process can be one of the following:

• Running
• Stopped
• Down
• Waiting due to schedule
• Waiting for disk space
• Database path not available

For more information on Performance Agent status, see the chapter Performance Agent Commands.

Data Selected for Processing

Displays the start and end time of the collection period, the processing options chosen, and the nodes selected for analysis. Until you select data, the message “No data selected” is displayed.

Files locked by this session

Displays one of the following messages:

• Schedule file
• Parameters file
• No files locked

The Schedule file is locked when you customize the Performance Agent and is unlocked when you complete your changes.

The Parameters file is locked when you customize parameters. When you complete your changes a message box appears asking you if you want to release the file. For more information, see Customizing Parameters in this chapter .