Zoning can simplify Sun server management and reduce operating costs. Nevertheless, despite these advantages, performance tracking and problem solving with Solaris LDOMs and zones can become difficult or even impossible to handle.

Major Difficulties Include:

• LDOM and zone visibility
• Difficulty to monitor large-scale Solaris environments
• Lack of detailed container statistics (including cpu, mem, and rss) for Solaris 10 and above
• Require Solaris-specific metrics that help identify multiple-CPU contention and memory demand

What can Sysload do for you

The Sysload for Solaris agent facilitates optimizing performance by monitoring partitioned zones on Solaris 10. The agent can be used to check that the different zones are running correctly, in real time, and also to validate consolidation scenarios by providing 24/7 monitoring of consolidated and/or virtualized production environments.  This ensures resource optimization and significant ROI.

• Funtionalities designed specifically for Solaris 10
• Intuitive interface, ideal for both novice and experienced system administrators
• Sysload is a Certified Sun Microsystems Partner
• Unified view of all Solaris servers (physical and virtual resources) including partitioned zones
• Support for CMT and microstate accounting
• Support for zones (OS virtualization) and LDOMs (Server virtualization)
• Measure the impact of different zones on the physical resources