Re: Memory Tuning For AIX
2015-10-04 17:13:39
Chris - tapas is part of which fileset and in which directory does it
reside?
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Chris Gibes wrote:
> There is a better tool. It was introduced in AIX 4.3.2 and it's called
> topas (it's very similiar to "monitor" or "top") Simply enter "topas" at
> the AIX command prompt. As to the problem, if the system is really paging,
> it's most likely your bufpool is set too high. I would try lowering your
> bufpool size. If that helps, then don't increase your bufpool until after
> you get more memory. Topas will allow you to see hot processes, disks,
> adapters and paging all at the same time, which will make it much easier
to
> figure what process is monopolizing your resources.
>
> Good Luck
>
>
> At 07:02 AM 1/3/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >I think the wide range of answers as to what this output means is a good
> >indication that IBM would do well to develop a more concise tool for
> >reviewing resource utilization. As for my opinion I would start with
> >'vmtune' and then look at 'iostat'. Good Luck
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jon Martin
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Denis L'Huillier [mailto:dlhuillier AT PERSHING DOT COM]
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:34 PM
> >To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >Subject: Memory Tuning For AIX
> >
> >
> >Hello-
> >I am having a memory problem.
> >I am runnning AIX 4.3.2 on a H50. TSM is the only application
> >running on the server. When I run vmstat I get the following...
> >
> >kthr memory page faults cpu
> >----- ----------- ------------------------ ------------ -----------
> > r b avm fre re pi po fr sr cy in sy cs us sy id wa
> > 0 0 136233 202 0 3 2 99 210 0 52 240 66 17 30 16 37
> > 1 3 136234 342 0 38 11 3727 4204 0 1322 6136 4665 12 11 3 74
> > 2 3 136236 160 0 44 12 3728 5326 0 1324 5844 4644 10 11 2 76
> > 1 3 136237 295 0 17 19 4113 5725 0 1305 7174 5091 13 10 3 74
> > 0 3 136237 629 0 19 9 4240 7442 0 1316 7200 5082 14 13 5 68
> >
> >Does this look normal to anyone? From my limited understanding of vmstat
> >it looks like:
> >CPU utilization is maxed out
> >I have blocked processes (the b column)
> >The scan rate (sr) column is very high.
> >The server has 1Gig of memory. I'm really not sure how to tell how much
is
> >allocated to
> >the OS and how much is allocated to TSM. Does anyone have any ideas or
> >pointers is
> >tuning memory for AIX? Do I need a memory upgrade?
> >I started checking this because my server response is horrible.
> >Thanks.
> >Denis
>
> Chris Gibes <gibes AT berbee DOT com>
> Tivoli Certified Consultant
> IBM Certified System Administrator
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> (262) 521-5616
>
>
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