AIX Memory Reporting

AIX Memory Reporting provides reporting on a variety of memory characteristics of the system on which the AIX Agent is installed.

  1. From the required AIX System - Reporting Monitor main panel, click Add Field.
  2. From the Select Category dialog, select Memory.

This opens the CPU, Filesystem and Memory reporting dialog at the Memory Performance Group.

Category section

Performance Group

Leave this parameter set to the default setting of Memory.

Instance section

Instance

For the purpose of Memory Reporting, the Instance parameter is unavailable.

Selection section
Performance Type

From the drop-down choice menu select one of the following options:

  • Buffers Used: Reports on the number of buffers used on this system
  • Memory Load: Reports on the loading of the available memory on this system
  • Page File Available: Reports on the amount of Page File memory available on this system
  • Page File Available %: Reports on the amount of Page File memory available on this system as a percentage value
  • Page File Total: Reports on the total Page File memory available on this system
  • Page File Used: Reports on the amount of Page File Memory used on this system
  • Page File Used %: Reports on the amount of Page File Memory used on this system as a percentage value
  • Physical Memory Available: Reports on the actual amount of Physical Memory available on this system
  • Physical Memory Available %: Reports on the actual amount of Physical Memory available on this system as a percentage value
  • Physical Memory Total: Reports on the total amount of Physical Memory available on this system
  • Physical Memory Used: Reports on the amount of Physical Memory used on this system
  • Physical Memory Used %: Reports on the amount of Physical Memory used on this system as a percentage value
  • Virtual Memory Total: Reports on the total amount of Virtual Memory available on this system
  • Virtual Memory Available: Reports on the actual amount of Virtual Memory available on this system
  • Virtual Memory Used: Reports on the amount of Virtual Memory used on this system
Memory Performance Data

Click Performance Data on this dialog to display the current CPU, Filesystem and Memory Performance Data for this system.

This dialog allows you to view the current memory information by physical or page file attributes.

  1. Click Refresh to refresh the data display or click Auto-Refresh Every and specify a time interval in seconds to automatically update the information.
  2. Click Show In... to change the display measurements of the selected memory attribute. The available size options are:
  • B
  • KB
  • MB
  • GB
  1. Click OK to exit this display and return to the CPU, Filesystem & Memory Reporting Selection dialog.

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