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Here is how I think the numbers add up on my non-zone traditional machine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>prtconf|grep Memory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Memory size: 24576 Megabytes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Physical memory: 25,769,803,776 bytes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>swap -s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>total: 18615728k bytes allocated + 3112800k reserved = 21728528k used, 32078664k available<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Converted to bytes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(x1000)total: 18,615,728,000 bytes allocated + 3,112,800,000 reserved = 21,728,528,000 used, 32,078,664,000 available<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(x1024) 19,062,505,472 + 3,187,507,200 = 22,250,012,672 used, 32,848,551,936 available<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>swap -l<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>swapfile dev swaplo blocks free<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>/dev/vx/dsk/bootdg/swapvol 278,60000 16 73552112 72369616<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Let’s look at the last two numbers 73,552,112*512 = 37658681344 bytes 72,369,616*512= 37,053,243,392 37,658,681,344 -37,053,243,392 = 605,437,952 == 577M swap used<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So to answer my own question. I think the first 2 numbers in swap –s represent physical memory. I think the last number is some amount from swap and some amount from physical memory. Some of what’s in Vernon’s article hints at where it all gets allocated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It would appear that Xymon just subtracts the last two numbers in swap –l to get swap used in megabytes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>~David<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Vernon Everett [mailto:everett.vernon@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> Gore, David W (David)<br><b>Cc:</b> xymon@xymon.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Xymon] Solaris 10 swap not showing on memory alert correctly?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Solaris and swap is tricky to nail down, specifically because different commands will report different values, by calculating the values in different ways.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You need to choose your commands carefully, depending on what value you need to know.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>This might help explain things.<br><a href="http://www.f3partners.com/blog/bid/49584/Solaris-Swap-Q-A">http://www.f3partners.com/blog/bid/49584/Solaris-Swap-Q-A</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>It all becomes rather fuzzy when you consider what ZFS is doing in your memory.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Also, in a zone, all bets are off.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Caps in particular, on memory or swap, can completely muddy the water.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>All the checks within the zone, will show the max available as being the capped value.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>However when you interrogate the kernel for amount free, it returns what the kernel can see. And the kernel can see everything, because it exists in the global zone.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Vernon<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>P.S. WARNING: Thinking too hard about this can cause your brain to melt. :)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 27 June 2013 00:38, Gore, David W (David) <<a href="mailto:david.gore@verizon.com" target="_blank">david.gore@verizon.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Wed Jun 26 16:26:48 GMT 2013 - Memory low<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> Memory Used Total Percentage<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>yellow Physical 23355M 24576M 95%<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>green Swap 106M 35913M 0%<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>From the client data:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>[swap]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>total: 18459352k bytes allocated + 3036456k reserved = 21495808k used, 32308920k available<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I would expect to see the 21495808k used number?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Where is it getting the 106M number? Anyone else seen this on Solaris? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#888888'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#888888'>~David<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#888888'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Xymon mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Xymon@xymon.com">Xymon@xymon.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon" target="_blank">http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <br>"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory"<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>- General George Patton<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>