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.TH "NDB_TOP" "1" "10/11/2024" "MySQL 9\&.0" "MySQL Database System"
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.SH "NAME"
ndb_top \- View CPU usage information for NDB threads
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBndb_top\ \fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\ 'u
\fBndb_top \fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBndb_top\fR
displays running information in the terminal about CPU usage by NDB threads on an NDB Cluster data node\&. Each thread is represented by two rows in the output, the first showing system statistics, the second showing the measured statistics for the thread\&.
.PP
\fBndb_top\fR
is available beginning with MySQL NDB Cluster 7\&.6\&.3\&.
Usage
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
ndb_top [\-h \fIhostname\fR] [\-t \fIport\fR] [\-u \fIuser\fR] [\-p \fIpass\fR] [\-n \fInode_id\fR]
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
\fBndb_top\fR
connects to a MySQL Server running as an SQL node of the cluster\&. By default, it attempts to connect to a
\fBmysqld\fR
running on
localhost
and port 3306, as the MySQL
root
user with no password specified\&. You can override the default host and port using, respectively,
\fB\-\-host\fR
(\fB\-h\fR) and
\fB\-\-port\fR
(\fB\-t\fR)\&. To specify a MySQL user and password, use the
\fB\-\-user\fR
(\fB\-u\fR) and
\fB\-\-passwd\fR
(\fB\-p\fR) options\&. This user must be able to read tables in the
ndbinfo
database (\fBndb_top\fR
uses information from
ndbinfo\&.cpustat
and related tables)\&.
.PP
For more information about MySQL user accounts and passwords, see
Section\ \&8.2, \(lqAccess Control and Account Management\(rq\&.
.PP
Output is available as plain text or an ASCII graph; you can specify this using the
\fB\-\-text\fR
(\fB\-x\fR) and
\fB\-\-graph\fR
(\fB\-g\fR) options, respectively\&. These two display modes provide the same information; they can be used concurrently\&. At least one display mode must be in use\&.
.PP
Color display of the graph is supported and enabled by default (\fB\-\-color\fR
or
\fB\-c\fR
option)\&. With color support enabled, the graph display shows OS user time in blue, OS system time in green, and idle time as blank\&. For measured load, blue is used for execution time, yellow for send time, red for time spent in send buffer full waits, and blank spaces for idle time\&. The percentage shown in the graph display is the sum of percentages for all threads which are not idle\&. Colors are not currently configurable; you can use grayscale instead by using
\fB\-\-skip\-color\fR\&.
.PP
The sorted view (\fB\-\-sort\fR,
\fB\-r\fR) is based on the maximum of the measured load and the load reported by the OS\&. Display of these can be enabled and disabled using the
\fB\-\-measured\-load\fR
(\fB\-m\fR) and
\fB\-\-os\-load\fR
(\fB\-o\fR) options\&. Display of at least one of these loads must be enabled\&.
.PP
The program tries to obtain statistics from a data node having the node ID given by the
\fB\-\-node\-id\fR
(\fB\-n\fR) option; if unspecified, this is 1\&.
\fBndb_top\fR
cannot provide information about other types of nodes\&.
.PP
The view adjusts itself to the height and width of the terminal window; the minimum supported width is 76 characters\&.
.PP
Once started,
\fBndb_top\fR
runs continuously until forced to exit; you can quit the program using
Ctrl\-C\&. The display updates once per second; to set a different delay interval, use
\fB\-\-sleep\-time\fR
(\fB\-s\fR)\&.
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBNote\fR
.ps -1
.br
.PP
\fBndb_top\fR
is available on macOS, Linux, and Solaris\&. It is not currently supported on Windows platforms\&.
.sp .5v
.RE
.PP
The following table includes all options that are specific to the NDB Cluster program
\fBndb_top\fR\&. Additional descriptions follow the table\&.
.PP
Additional Options
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-color\fR,
\fB\-c\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--color
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Show ASCII graphs in color; use
\fB\-\-skip\-colors\fR
to disable\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-defaults\-extra\-file\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--defaults-extra-file=path
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Read given file after global files are read\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-defaults\-file\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--defaults-file=path
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Read default options from given file only\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-defaults\-group\-suffix\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--defaults-group-suffix=string
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Also read groups with concat(group, suffix)\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-graph\fR,
\fB\-g\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--graph
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Display data using graphs; use
\fB\-\-skip\-graphs\fR
to disable\&. This option or
\fB\-\-text\fR
must be true; both options may be true\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-help\fR,
\fB\-?\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--help
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Show program usage information\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-host[\fR=\fIname]\fR,
\fB\-h\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--host=string
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
localhost
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Host name or IP address of MySQL Server to connect to\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-login\-path\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--login-path=path
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Read given path from login file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-no\-login\-paths\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--no-login-paths
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Skips reading options from the login path file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-measured\-load\fR,
\fB\-m\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--measured-load
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Show measured load by thread\&. This option or
\fB\-\-os\-load\fR
must be true; both options may be true\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-no\-defaults\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--no-defaults
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Do not read default options from any option file other than login file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-node\-id[\fR=\fI#]\fR,
\fB\-n\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--node-id=#
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Integer
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
1
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Watch the data node having this node ID\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-os\-load\fR,
\fB\-o\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--os-load
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Show load measured by operating system\&. This option or
\fB\-\-measured\-load\fR
must be true; both options may be true\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-password[\fR=\fIpassword]\fR,
\fB\-p\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--password=password
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
NULL
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Connect to a MySQL Server using this password and the MySQL user specified by
\fB\-\-user\fR\&.
.sp
This password is associated with a MySQL user account only, and is not related in any way to the password used with encrypted
NDB
backups\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-port[\fR=\fI#]\fR,
\fB\-P\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--port=#
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Integer
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
3306
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Port number to use when connecting to MySQL Server\&.
.sp
(Formerly, the short form for this option was
\fB\-t\fR, which was repurposed as the short form of
\fB\-\-text\fR\&.)
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-print\-defaults\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--print-defaults
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Print program argument list and exit\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-sleep\-time[\fR=\fIseconds]\fR,
\fB\-s\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--sleep-time=#
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Integer
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
1
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Time to wait between display refreshes, in seconds\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-socket=\fR\fB\fIpath/to/file\fR\fR,
\fB\-S\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--socket=path
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Path name
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Use the specified socket file for the connection\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-sort\fR,
\fB\-r\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--sort
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Sort threads by usage; use
\fB\-\-skip\-sort\fR
to disable\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-text\fR,
\fB\-t\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--text
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Display data using text\&. This option or
\fB\-\-graph\fR
must be true; both options may be true\&.
.sp
(The short form for this option was
\fB\-x\fR
in previous versions of NDB Cluster, but this is no longer supported\&.)
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-usage\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--usage
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Display help text and exit; same as
\fB\-\-help\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-user[\fR=\fIname]\fR,
\fB\-u\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--user=name
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
root
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Connect as this MySQL user\&. Normally requires a password supplied by the
\fB\-\-password\fR
option\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBSample Output\fR. The next figure shows
\fBndb_top\fR
running in a terminal window on a Linux system with an
\fBndbmtd\fR
data node under a moderate load\&. Here, the program has been invoked using
\fBndb_top\fR
\fB\-n8\fR
\fB\-x\fR
to provide both text and graph output:
.PP
\fBFigure\ \&25.5.\ \&ndb_top Running in Terminal\fR
.sp
.RS 4
[IMAGE]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
[IMAGE]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
Display from ndb_top, running in a
            terminal window\&. Shows information for each node, including
            the utilized resources\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBndb_top\fR
also shows spin times for threads, displayed in green\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
.PP
Copyright \(co 1997, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
.PP
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
.PP
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual,
which may already be installed locally and which is also available
online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
.SH AUTHOR
Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).