swapinfo.d - print virtual memory info. Uses DTrace. swapinfo.d Prints swap usage details for RAM and disk based swap. This script is UNDER CONSTRUCTION, check for newer versions. Since this uses DTrace, only the root user or users with the dtrace_kernel privilege can run this command. Solaris unstable - uses various kernel symbols.

RAM Total Total RAM installed

RAM Unusable RAM consumed by the OBP and TSBs

RAM Kernel Kernel resident in RAM (and usually locked)

RAM Locked Locked memory pages from swap (Anon)

RAM Used anon + exec + file pages used

RAM Free free memory + page cache free

Disk Total Total disk swap configured

Disk Resv Disk swap allocated + reserved

Disk Avail Disk swap available for reservation

Swap Total Total Virtual Memory usable

Swap Resv VM allocated + reserved

Swap Avail VM available for reservation

Swap MinFree VM kept free from reservations

Print info, # swapinfo.d

See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output. swapstat - K9Toolkit vmstat 1 2; swap -s; echo ::memstat | mdb -k RMCmem - The MemTool Package RICHPse - The SE Toolkit "Clearing up swap space confusion" Unix Insider, Adrian Cockcroft "Solaris Internals", Jim Mauro, Richard McDougall /usr/include/vm/anon.h, /usr/include/sys/systm.h Brendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia] dtrace(1M)