[LDM #IRM-916630]: suggestions for Mac LDM

Paul,

> Full Name: Paul Ruscher
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: Florida State University
> Package Version: 6.8.1
> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6
> Hardware: 10.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.5.0: Fri Nov  5 23:20:39 PDT 2010; 
> root:xnu-1504.9.17"tilde"1/RELEASE_I386 i386
> Description of problem: Hi - two suggestions as I've been able to get LDM 
> running but not yet with the ability to use metrics.
> 
> On the Mac system, vmstat is not available, but vm_stat is and works 
> similarly.  Also, the top -b command is not available, but "top -l 1" does I 
> think the same thing.
> 
> It would help Mac users if such information was included in the install file 
> instructions along with suggestions on how to modify the metrics programs if 
> you can't include them explicitly.  Thanks!  If I see any others I'll share 
> them too; otherwise the install went pretty smoothly.  Now on to gempak!  
> Running 10.6.5 (latest update) of Mac OS X on a Mac mini.

Thanks for sending this in. I'll see about incorporating it into the 
documentation.

Because of the hanging problem with Mac OS X, we've suspended work on that 
system until Apple fixes the problem.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: IRM-916630
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed