> >> free tells me the amount of swap that is available and the amount that > >> is currently in use. AFAIK, it doesn't tell me the maximum that has been > >> used (like a high-water mark). I was hoping to discover some command > >> that did before I resort to scripting. > > To track performance use SNMP + an NMS(1) and/or sar (2). > > (1) http://www.opennms.org > > (2) man sar > sar looks like what I need. Thanks Adam. > The man page seems to indicate that I need to run sar, or one of its > relatives, in the background to produce a stats file that I can then > analyse. > sar is on my machines but there's nothing in /var/log/sa/ > I haven't found any indications yet on the best way to set up the > collection process. Is there a YaST feature to do this, for example? Or > a HOW-TO?
/usr/sbin/rcsysstat start chkconfig sysstat on Sar has been around since dirt, there are lots of docs floating around. Start in file:/usr/share/doc/packages/sysstat/ -- -- Adam Tauno Williams Network & Systems Administrator Consultant - http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com Developer - http://www.opengroupware.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
