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
Bruce Spencer,
baspence@us.ibm.com
February 16, 2001