CPU time from a multi processor

Question

Hi
I need to get the CPU time from a multi processor machine,
The top command will not do the job for me, and I will need to use the command in automation for testing the CPU time for 2 hours or more, I thinking about redirect the CPU % to a file, and in the end I will run the average for the numbers in that file.
If I will be able to see the CPU time for the two processors it will be grate, but more important is to collect the global CPU status.
I don�t have a command line that a can use, I can use some help.
Thanks Shay

Answer 1

mpstat in fact works on my Opteron 270 dual-processor dual-core machine running Soalris 10. For instance 'mpstat 3 5' displays 5 reports each 3 seconds apart, showing status of each CPU:
% mpstat 3 5
CPU minf mjf xcal intr ithr csw icsw migr smtx srw syscl usr sys wt idl
0 1 0 1 383 245 73 0 5 0 0 87 1 0 0 99
1 1 0 1 33 4 51 0 4 0 0 57 0 0 0 99
2 0 0 1 38 0 72 0 2 0 0 42 0 0 0 100
3 1 0 1 53 26 49 0 1 1 0 47 0 0 0 100
CPU minf mjf xcal intr ithr csw icsw migr smtx srw syscl usr sys wt idl
0 0 0 0 393 252 76 0 8 0 0 94 1 0 0 99
1 0 0 0 48 4 82 0 7 1 0 71 0 0 0 100
2 3 0 0 39 0 76 0 4 1 0 51 0 0 0 100
3 0 0 0 44 25 35 0 3 2 0 49 0 0 0 100
CPU minf mjf xcal intr ithr csw icsw migr smtx srw syscl usr sys wt idl
0 0 0 0 382 250 64 0 5 0 0 111 0 0 0 100
1 0 0 0 29 4 43 0 4 0 0 56 1 0 0 99
2 0 0 1 48 1 93 0 3 0 0 39 0 0 0 100
3 0 0 0 69 29 78 0 1 1 0 65 0 0 0 100
CPU minf mjf xcal intr ithr csw icsw migr smtx srw syscl usr sys wt idl
0 0 0 1 386 250 72 0 4 0 0 111 0 0 0 99
1 0 0 0 28 3 42 0 3 0 0 55 1 0 0 99
2 0 0 0 42 0 81 0 1 0 0 43 0 0 0 100
3 0 0 0 67 29 74 0 0 1 0 63 0 0 0 100
CPU minf mjf xcal intr ithr csw icsw migr smtx srw syscl usr sys wt idl
0 0 0 0 404 252 98 0 5 0 0 100 1 0 0 99
1 0 0 0 45 9 68 0 5 1 0 53 0 0 0 100
2 0 0 0 34 0 64 0 4 0 0 50 0 0 0 100
3 0 0 0 58 27 60 0 2 2 0 73 0 0 0 100
(The first report summarizes all activity since boot.)