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Announcement Support for this product will end on November 3, 2025. We recommend that you use PATROL for Linux, PATROL for AIX, or PATROL for Solaris to monitor operating systems.

Monitoring and managing memory

The PATROL Knowledge Module for UNIX and Linux monitors and manages memory through two applications: MEMORY and SWAP.

  1. The MEMORY application monitors such memory activity as
    • Number of active virtual pages
    • Number of pages anticipated
    • Number of pages freed per second
    • Number of pages in and out per second
    • Number of pages scanned per second
  2. The MEMORY application reports detailed memory utilization.
  3. The MEMORY application also manages shared-memory segments and semaphores.
  4. The SWAP application monitors virtual memory. It provides the following information for the entire system and for each swap area.
    • Amount of disk space reserved for swap
    • Amount of swap space used
    • Percentage of swap space used

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BMC PATROL for UNIX and Linux 9.13