Step 1 of 5: Definition

• XPVM is an X Windows based, graphical console and monitor for PVM.
  -Provides a graphical user interface to the PVM console commands
  -Provides several animated views to monitor the execution of PVM programs
• Xpvm generates trace records during PVM program execution. The resulting trace file is used to "playback" a program's execution.
• The xpvm views provide information about the interactions among tasks in a parallel PVM program, to assist in debugging and performance tuning. Click here to view a screenshot of XPVM and its drop-down menus.