Correlation between the svmon and vmstat command outputs
There is a correlation between the svmon and vmstat outputs.
The following is example output from the svmon command:
# svmon -G
size inuse free pin virtual
memory 1048576 417374 631202 66533 151468
pg space 262144 31993
work pers clnt
pin 46053 0 0
in use 121948 274946 0
PageSize PoolSize inuse pgsp pin virtual
s 4 KB - 397194 262144 46053 151468
L 16 MB 5 0 0 5 0
The vmstat command was run in a separate window while
the svmon command was running. The vmstat report
follows:
# vmstat 3
kthr memory page faults cpu
----- ----------- ------------------------ ------------ -----------
r b avm fre re pi po fr sr cy in sy cs us sy id wa
1 5 205031 749504 0 0 0 0 0 0 1240 248 318 0 0 99 0
2 2 151360 631310 0 0 3 3 32 0 1187 1718 641 1 1 98 0
1 0 151366 631304 0 0 0 0 0 0 1335 2240 535 0 1 99 0
1 0 151366 631304 0 0 0 0 0 0 1303 2434 528 1 4 95 0
1 0 151367 631303 0 0 0 0 0 0 1331 2202 528 0 0 99 0
The global svmon report shows related numbers. The fre column
of the vmstat command relates to the memory free column
of the svmon command. The Active Virtual Memory, avm,
value of the vmstat command reports is similar to the virtual
memory value that the svmon command reports.