AIX Tip of the Week

Determining the Size of AIX Memory

Audience: Systems Administrators

Date: February 16, 2001

This week's tip provides two useful commands for determining the size of AIX memory.

For non root users, use the command:

lsattr -El sys0 | grep realmem

A simpler command for root users is:

bootinfo -r

To determine what is occupying memory, use the svmon command. Only root can run the svmon command. For more information, see either

http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/cmds/aixcmds5/svmon.htm

http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixbman/prftungd/2365c71.htm



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Bruce Spencer,
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February 16, 2001