User Guide and Manual for Project Canary

Chapter 1: Project Canary Overview........................................................................................................6
1.1: Design Criteria..............................................................................................................................6
1.2: How Project Canary software gathers data from machines it monitors........................................6
1.3: How the raw data file is moved to the central data collection server........................................... 8
1.4: Frequency of client data-gathering script execution.....................................................................8
1.5: How Project Canary software runs “periodically” without the use of cron..................................9
1.6: How the data is displayed on the data collection server's web page.............................................9
1.7: Viewing Data on the Web Page....................................................................................................9
1.7.1: Home Tab............................................................................................................................. 9
1.7.2: Dashboard Tab......................................................................................................................9
1.7.3: Reports Tab.........................................................................................................................10
1.7.4: Documents Tab................................................................................................................... 10
1.7.5: Load Test............................................................................................................................ 10
Chapter 2: Project Canary Website Overview........................................................................................11
2.1: Home Tab................................................................................................................................... 11
2.2: Dashboard Tab ...........................................................................................................................12
2.3: Reports Tab.................................................................................................................................13
2.4: Documents Tab...........................................................................................................................14
Chapter 3: Dashboard Tab .....................................................................................................................15
3.1: Dashboard Tab: Root Page......................................................................................................... 15
3.2: Dashboard Tab: Runaway Link.................................................................................................. 16
3.3: Dashboard Tab: Campuses......................................................................................................... 17
3.4: Dashboard Tab: Raw Data File ..................................................................................................19
3.5: Dashboard Tab: Graphs.............................................................................................................. 20
3.5.1: CPU Load, RunQ, Canary Test, Users Graph.....................................................................22
3.5.2: 30 Second Sampled CPU Load, RunQ Graph.................................................................... 25
3.5.3: CPU Bound Canary Graph..................................................................................................27
3.5.4: Interrupts, System Calls, Context Switches Graph.............................................................29
3.5.5: Browser Statistics Graph.....................................................................................................31
3.5.6: GNOME Statistics Graph................................................................................................... 33
3.5.7: Xsun Statistics Graph..........................................................................................................35
3.5.8: Java, Java Virtual Machine, and JRE Statistics Graph.......................................................37
3.5.9: PRSTAT Process Count Graph...........................................................................................39
3.5.10: TCP Statistics Graph.........................................................................................................41
3.5.11: UDP Count Graph ............................................................................................................43
3.5.12: Ping Statistics Graph.........................................................................................................45
3.5.13: “sar -d” Disk Statistics Graph...........................................................................................47
3.5.14: Logins Graph.................................................................................................................... 49
3.5.15: DTU Activity Graph......................................................................................................... 51
3.5.16: Ethernet Card Performance Graphs.................................................................................. 53
Chapter 4: Reports Tab...........................................................................................................................59
4.1: Reports Tab: Root Screen...........................................................................................................59
4.2: DTU Map....................................................................................................................................61
4.3: Sun Ray Load Profile Report .....................................................................................................62
4.4: Server Drilldown Report ........................................................................................................... 69
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