Checking
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Procedure
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Results
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Action
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Error Messages
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Check non-graphical console screen
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filesystem full
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Move or remove files from that filesystem
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Error Messages
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Check non-graphical console screen
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inode table overflow
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Increase number of inodes for that filesystem
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Paging
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sar -pgruwd
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bad response, %(wio + idle) high,
freemem often low,
pfree/s and vscan/s high,
swpots/s > 0 often,
high disk %busy
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Increase memory
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Disk Usage
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sar -udb
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bad response, high %(wio + idle) ,
subset of disks have high %busy ,
avwait , or avque
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Balance disk load (move users)
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Disk Usage
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sar -udb
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bad response, high %(wio + idle) ,
all disks have high %busy ,
avwait , or avque
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Add disks
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Buffer Usage
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sar -udb
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%(wio + idle) high,
%rcache < 90 ,
%wcache < 65 ,
bread/s, bwrite/s high
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Increase BUFHWM
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Modem Interrupts
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sar -y
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mdmin/s > 1
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Repair modems, terminals, lines
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Table Sizes
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sar -vt
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ov > 0 fail > 0
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Increase table sizes
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Job Schedules
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ps -ef
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Large batch jobs, non-essential commands or users
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Reschedule jobs or move jobs to other systems
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