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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:34 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Tivoli Certified Consultant > IBM Certified System Administrator > Berbee- Milwaukee Branch > (262) 521-5616 > > > Berbee...putting the E in business >
