RE: [nv-l] Off Topic: AIX, how to determine which processes are using swap space?

["Allison, Jason (JALLISON)" <JALLISON@arinc.com>]

I am on a 5.1 system with ML9.  Just got out of a meeting, so I will be trying the nmon (which looks nice).  I used ps aux, but wasnt sure how much I could trust SZ and RSS.  I need to better clairify what each signifies.

 

Thanks again all,

 

Jason Allison
Principal Engineer
ARINC Incorporated
Office:  (410) 266-2006
FAX:  (410) 573-3026

-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie Clark [mailto:lclark@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 9:17 AM
To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [nv-l] Off Topic: AIX, how to determine which processes are using swap space?

Is that 4.3.3 AIX system running Netview 7.1.3 plus the latest fixes? And does the output of lsps -a keep going up, but vmstat -5 shows nothing unusual going on? I'm seeing that on a 5.1 system as well and the customer's AIX guys are mystified. I was hoping it was an AIX maintenance level problem, since they are not exactly current, but maybe it isn't.

Cordially,

Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
Detroit

"Allison, Jason (JALLISON)" <JALLISON@arinc.com> Sent by: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com 01/14/2004 08:04 AM Please respond to nv-l

To:        "nv-l (nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com)" <nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com>         cc:                 Subject:        [nv-l] Off Topic:  AIX, how to determine which processes are using swap         space?

With all the AIX users here, I figured I would drop a line in this pool.

We are noticing SWAP SPACE increasing over time on our NMS.  We would like to find the culprit and I am at a loss for figuring it out.  I read that I can use 'top' with Shift-M in Linux, but that doesn't seem to work in AIX 4.3.3 ML9.

Any and all input appreciated,

Jason Allison
Principal Engineer
ARINC Incorporated
Office:  (410) 266-2006
FAX:  (410) 573-3026