How do I check swap space usage (paging) under IBM AIX Unix operating system using command line options?
A swap space is nothing but a type of logical volume with allocated disk space that stores information which is resident in virtual memory but is not currently being accessed under AIX operating systems.
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Difficulty | Easy (rss) |
Root privileges | Yes |
Requirements | AIX with lsps command |
Time | N/A |
lsps Command
Use this command to see the characteristics of a paging space:
# lsps -a
svmon Command
Use this command to captures and analyzes a snapshot of virtual memory:
# svmon
Other commands
You can also use the following commands:
# vmstat 1 5
# vmstat 10 10
See man pages for more information and command line options:
# man vmstat
# man svmon
# man lsps
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