Performing basic system monitoring and tuning

Performing basic system monitoring and tuning

This topic provides information about SCOadmin Managers and basic commands you can use to monitor or tune your system. Some of the tasks discussed here include:

checking system configuration
seeing who is logged on
setting the system clock
checking system performance information
changing kernel tunable parameters
changing system defaults for system utilities
checking and clearing system log files
generating security-related system activity reports
warn users of system downtime
changing the maximum allowed file size
changing the swap size on your system
processor management

You should monitor your system periodically to make sure it is running efficiently. More advanced information about performance-related tools and tasks is available in ``Managing system performance''.