ITEM: AE7687L
Questions on prtacct accounting report
Env:
AIX 3.2.5
Desc:
Customer is running the prtacct command against his accounting
files and has questions regarding the meaning of the headings
and units of information reported. Customer is using the
following command:
/usr/sbin/acct/prtacct -f2 /var/adm/acct/fiscal/tacctl2 \\
> prtacct.out
which produces an output file called prtacct.out. Running the
above command with -f1, then again with -f2, then with -f3,
etc.. gives a complete list of all of the headings.
Response:
Here is a complete list of the headings ona prtacct report:
No. Header Description
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1 UID User ID number.
2 LOGIN NAME Login name of user.
3 CPU PRIME Cumulative CPU minutes during prime hours.
4 CPU NPRIME "" "" "" during non-prime hours.
5 KCORE PRIME Cumulative minutes spent in the kernel during
prime hours
6 KCORE NPRIME "" "" "" during non-prime hours.
7 BLKIO PRIME Cumulative blocks transferred during prime
hours.
8 BLKIO NPRIME "" "" "" during non-prime hours.
9 RW/WR PRIME Cumulative blocks read/written during prime
hours.
10 RW/WR NPRIME "" "" "" during non-prime hours.
11 CONNECT PRIME Cumulative connect time (minutes) during prime
hours.
12 CONNECT NPRIME "" "" "" during non-prime hours.
13 DISK BLOCKS Cumulative disk usage.
14 PRINT Queuing system charges. (pages)
15 FEES Fee for special services.
16 \# OF PROCS Count of processes.
17 \# OF SESS Count of login sessions.
18 \# OF SAMPLES Count of count of disk samples.
The tacct Structure
The tacct structure, which is not part of the acct.h header file,
represents the total accounting format used by the various
accounting commands:
/* Float arrays below contain prime and non-prime components */
struct tacct {
uid_t ta_uid; /* user-ID */
char ta_name[8]; /* login name */
float ta_cpu[2]; /* cum. CPU time, p/np (mins) */
float ta_kcore[2]; /* cum. kcore-mins, p/np */
float ta_io[2]; /* cum. char xferred (512s) */
float ta_rw[2]; /* cum. blocks read/written */
float ta_con[2]; /* cum. connect time, p/np, mins */
float ta_du; /* cum. disk usage */
long ta_qsys; /* queue sys charges (pgs) */
float ta_fee; /* fee for special services */
long ta_pc: /* count of processes */
unsigned short ta_sc; /* count of login sessions */
unsigned short ta_dc; /* count of disk samples */
};
Support Line: Questions on prtacct accounting report ITEM: AE7687L
Dated: January 1995 Category: N/A
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