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Performing Routine Disk Operations
When NSKCOM starts, it automatically displays your current configured swap files.
The NSKCOM opening banner does not display default swap files.
$SYSTEM SYS66 35> NSKCOM
NSKCOM - T9050D42 BASE (01JULY96)
Copyright [c] 1995, Tandem Computers Incorporated
$SYSTEM.SYSTEM.ZSYSCFG
KMS.SWAPFILE = 0 $SWAP0.SYSSWAP.SWAP00 THRESHOLD 80
KMS.SWAPFILE = 1 $DATA1.SYSSWAP.SWAP01
KMS.SWAPFILE = 2 $SWAP.SYSSWAP.SWAP02
KMS.SWAPFILE = 3 $SWAP3.SYSSWAP.SWAP03
NSK-
In the above example:
The numbers 0, 1, 2, and 3 represent the CPUs.
The threshold indicates the usage threshold at which an EMS message is
generated. If blank, the file has the default threshold of 85 percent.
NSK- is the NSKCOM prompt.
2. Determine the size and usage of your kernel-managed swap files.
> NSK- STATUS SWAPFILE
This command displays a swap file's total number of processor pages, as well as the
pages that are allocated and available, as follows:
NSK-STATUS SWAPFILE *
Status of $SWAP.SYSSWAP.SWAP00
CPU 0
CPU Pages: Total 4096
Peak CPU Pages ever reserved 92
Threshold 3481 CPU pages
Status of $SWAP.SYSSWAP.SWAP01
CPU 1
CPU Pages: Total 4096
Peak CPU Pages ever reserved 80
Threshold 3481 CPU pages
...
3. Display statistics for each processor, using the STATUS KMSF command.
> NSK- STATUS KMSF
Reserved 88
Available 4008
Reserved 68
Available 4028
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Using NSKCOM to Monitor and Alter Swap Files
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