How to Display the RAM Status of a NetScaler Appliance

How to Display the RAM Status of a NetScaler Appliance

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Article ID: CTX116090

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Description

Run the following command from the shell prompt of the appliance to display the amount of RAM available on a NetScaler appliance:
grep "real memory" /var/nslog/dmesg.boot

real memory = 1072955392 (1023 MB) sysctl -a | grep hw.realmem
hw.realmem: 1072955392 Displaying the Available Memory on an Appliance

    On the appliance, a section of memory is used by the user process for the operating system operations and the remaining memory is available for the NetScaler operations.

    Run any of the following commands from the shell prompt of the appliance to find the total available memory on the appliance:

    • grep "avail memory" /var/nslog/dmesg.boot

      avail memory = 841007104 (802 MB)
    • nsconmsg -K newnslog -g sys_memorysize_MB -d stats

      0 0 822 sys_memorysize_MB
    • sysctl -a | grep hw.physmem

      hw.physmem: 862306304
      netscaler.hw_physmem_mb: 822

      Run the following command from the shell prompt of the appliance to display the amount of memory used by the user process for operating system operations:
      sysctl -a | grep hw.usermemhw.usermem: 209580032

      Issue/Introduction

      This article describes how to display the Random Access Memory (RAM) status of a NetScaler appliance.

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