[Info-vax] monitor utility funkiness in 8.4-L2

[Volker Halle]

David,

I could easily redproduce this problem by installing the VSI Student kit 2020.2, booting FreeAXP and OpenVMS Alpha V8.4-2L2 and running MONITOR SYSTEM/ALL

Avanti Virtual Alpha version 4.0.0.646 (Apr 14 2020 14:36:57)

$ sho sys/noproc
OpenVMS V8.4-2L2  on node STUDNT    6-MAR-2021 09:51:41.17   Uptime  0 00:07:03
$

Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]

MONITOR.EXE;1        22-MAY-2017 22:50:19.68

        Image Identification Information

                image name: "MONITOR"
                image file identification: "X-27"
                image file build identification: "XE6K-0100140000"
                link date/time: 22-MAY-2017 22:50:19.45
                linker identification: "A13-04"




                            OpenVMS Monitor Utility
                               SYSTEM STATISTICS
                                 on node STUDNT
                             6-MAR-2021 09:47:25.05

                                       CUR        AVE        MIN        MAX

    Interrupt State                   0.49       0.39       0.16       0.66
    MP Synchronization                0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00
    Kernel Mode                       0.16       0.06       0.00       0.16
    Executive Mode                    0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00
    Supervisor Mode                   0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00
    User Mode                         0.33       0.19       0.00       0.33
    Compatibility Mode                0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00
    Idle Time                   *******.**      99.34 *******.** *******.**
    Process Count                    10.00      10.00      10.00      10.00
    Page Fault Rate                   0.00       0.29       0.00       0.83
    Page Read I/O Rate                0.00       0.03       0.00       0.16
    Free List Size                 9555.00    9555.60    9555.00    9558.00
    Modified List Size              447.00     447.19     447.00     448.00
    Direct I/O Rate                   0.00       0.03       0.00       0.16
    Buffered I/O Rate                 0.49       0.53       0.33       0.83

                            OpenVMS Monitor Utility
                              DISK I/O STATISTICS
                                 on node STUDNT
                             6-MAR-2021 09:49:53.72

I/O Operation Rate                         CUR        AVE        MIN        MAX

STUDNT$DKA0:           STUDSYS        *****.**     100.65 *******.** *******.**

For showing the problem with MONITOR DISK, I started a little batch job doing DIR SYS$SYSDEVICE:[*...]

If this works o.k. on CHARON-AXP and a real ES47, it's time to involve the FreeAXP folks.

Volker.