1. VSD 5.5.3 Release Notes
Overview
Visual Statistics Display (VSD) version 5.5.3 is a new maintenance release of the VSD product, including minor updates and improvements.
These release notes describe changes between the previous version of VSD, version 5.5.2, and version 5.5.3.
This version of VSD supports statmonitor files generated from:
- All versions of GemStone/S 64 Bit™
- All versions of 32-bit GemStone/S
- All versions of GemBuilder™ for Smalltalk (GBS)
VSD and GemStone/S 64 Bit 3.6.x
GemStone/S 64 Bit 3.6 writes statmonitor data files with a slightly updated format, with a new line containing the statmonitor command line. As a result, VSD 5.5 or later is required in order to read statmonitor files generated by GS64 v3.6 or later.
This version of VSD, and all VSD 5.5.x versions, can read data files generated by older versions of GS64, as well as by v3.6 and later.
Supported Platforms
VSD version 5.5.3 is verified and supported on the following platforms:
- (64-bit) Windows 7 and Windows 10
- Solaris 11.4 on x86
- AIX 7.1 and 7.2
- Red Hat/Centos Linux ES 6.x, 7.x and 8.x; and Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04 on x86; Ubuntu 18.04 on arm64
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OSX 11.1 (Big Sur) with Darwin 20.2.0 kernel on x86 and Apple M1, and
OSX 10.15.6 (Catalina) with Darwin 19.6.0 kernel, on x86
Changes and Bug Fixes
Improved Search
Searching for a statistic or process was unintuitive. Now, in addition to the control-S for search, you may use control-F. In addition, the search behavior has been improved. See the online help for details on the search options. (#49783)
The statistics list pane now as a popup menu that includes both Search For Counter... and Show Search Help...
Statistics level display controls removed
Individual statistics were defined with levels (Common/Advanced/Wizard), which was intended to allow you to control the number of statistics displayed. In practice, this occasionally resulted in unintentionally hidden statistics. The Main Window Main > Settings > Statistic Level menu item has been removed, and the Statistics Information Windows no longer displays a field with the level. The underlying code statistic definition fields are unchanged. (#49833)
Improved Help
VSD’s online help has had significant updates for correctness and clarity, broken links removed, and material related to long-divested products has been removed.
Help Window Location recorded
The Help system window location was not recorded in .vsdrc or applied on startup. (#49561)
Default filter for statistics recorded but not applied on startup
The Statistics Information Windows allows you to modify the default filter for a statistic (e.g. persecond, persample, nofilter). Changes were recorded in .vsdrc, but when VSD was started, the default filters were not applied. (#49835)