348 Linux for IBM ^ zSeries and S/390: Distributions
19.1 Linux diagnostic tools
For system programmers or system administrators, the main concern is system
availability and availability of system services. System programmers will not be
concerned if a program that has been written by a user has crashed or keeps
crashing unless it impacts system availability in some way.
System programmers have an array of tools available to them that perhaps are
not available to the developer. The developer will have access to the same Linux
tools as the system programmer, but will likely be more interested in different
features. The system programmer will often have tools and facilities beyond what
is available on Linux. Under VM, there are very useful diagnos ...