Monitoring with the xscmd utility

The xscmd utility replaces the xsadmin sample utility as a fully supported monitoring and administration tool. With the xscmd utility, you can display textual information about your WebSphere® eXtreme Scale topology.

Before you begin

About this task

You can use the xscmd utility to view the current layout and specific state of the data grid, such as map content. In this example, the layout of the data grid in this task consists of a single ObjectGridA data grid with one MapA map that belongs to the MapSetA map set. This example demonstrates how you can display all active containers within a data grid and print out filtered metrics regarding the map size of the MapA map. To see all possible command options, run the xscmd utility without any arguments or with the -help option.

Procedure

Monitor the environment with the xscmd utility.