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   1 VMSTAT(1M)                   Maintenance Commands                   VMSTAT(1M)
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   5 NAME
   6        vmstat - report virtual memory statistics
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   8 SYNOPSIS
   9        vmstat [-cipqsS] [-T u | d] [disks] [interval [count]]
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  12 DESCRIPTION
  13        vmstat reports virtual memory statistics regarding kernel thread,
  14        virtual memory, disk, trap, and CPU activity.
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  17        On MP (multi-processor) systems, vmstat averages the number of CPUs into
  18        the output. For per-processor statistics, see mpstat(1M).
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  21        vmstat only supports statistics for certain devices. For more general
  22        system statistics, use sar(1), iostat(1M), or sar(1M).
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  25        Without options, vmstat displays a one-line summary of the virtual
  26        memory activity since the system was booted.
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  29        During execution of the kernel status command, the state of the system
  30        can change. If relevant, a state change message is included in the
  31        vmstat output, in one of the following forms:
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  33          <<device added: sd0>>
  34          <<device removed: sd0>>
  35          <<processors added: 1,   3>>
  36          <<processors removed: 1, 3>>
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  41        See  for device naming conventions for disks.
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  43 OPTIONS
  44        The following options are supported:
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  46        -c
  47                     Report cache flushing statistics. This option is obsolete,
  48                     and no longer meaningful. This option might be removed in
  49                     a future version of Solaris.
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  52        -i
  53                     Report the number of interrupts per device. count and
  54                     interval does not apply to the -i option.
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  57        -p
  58                     Report paging activity in details. This option will
  59                     display the following, respectively:
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  61                     epi
  62                            Executable page-ins.
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  65                     epo
  66                            Executable page-outs.
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  69                     epf
  70                            Executable page-frees.
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 297        +--------------------+-----------------+
 298        |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
 299        +--------------------+-----------------+
 300        |Interface Stability | See below.      |
 301        +--------------------+-----------------+
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 304        Invocation is evolving. Human readable output is unstable.
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 306 SEE ALSO
 307        date(1), sar(1), iostat(1M), mpstat(1M), sar(1M), time(2),
 308        attributes(5)
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 310 NOTES
 311        The sum of CPU utilization might vary slightly from 100 because of
 312        rounding errors in the production of a percentage figure.
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 315        The -c option (Report cache flushing statistics) is not supported in
 316        this release.
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 320                                 March 23, 2009                      VMSTAT(1M)
   1 VMSTAT(1M)                   Maintenance Commands                   VMSTAT(1M)
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   3 
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   5 NAME
   6        vmstat - report virtual memory statistics
   7 
   8 SYNOPSIS
   9        vmstat [-ipqsS] [-T u | d] [disks] [interval [count]]
  10 
  11 
  12 DESCRIPTION
  13        vmstat reports virtual memory statistics regarding kernel thread,
  14        virtual memory, disk, trap, and CPU activity.
  15 
  16 
  17        On MP (multi-processor) systems, vmstat averages the number of CPUs into
  18        the output. For per-processor statistics, see mpstat(1M).
  19 
  20 
  21        vmstat only supports statistics for certain devices. For more general
  22        system statistics, use sar(1), iostat(1M), or sar(1M).
  23 
  24 
  25        Without options, vmstat displays a one-line summary of the virtual
  26        memory activity since the system was booted.
  27 
  28 
  29        During execution of the kernel status command, the state of the system
  30        can change. If relevant, a state change message is included in the
  31        vmstat output, in one of the following forms:
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  33          <<device added: sd0>>
  34          <<device removed: sd0>>
  35          <<processors added: 1,   3>>
  36          <<processors removed: 1, 3>>
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  41        See  for device naming conventions for disks.
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  43 OPTIONS
  44        The following options are supported:
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  46        -i
  47                     Report the number of interrupts per device. count and
  48                     interval does not apply to the -i option.
  49 
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  51        -p
  52                     Report paging activity in details. This option will
  53                     display the following, respectively:
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  55                     epi
  56                            Executable page-ins.
  57 
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  59                     epo
  60                            Executable page-outs.
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  63                     epf
  64                            Executable page-frees.
  65 


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 290 
 291        +--------------------+-----------------+
 292        |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
 293        +--------------------+-----------------+
 294        |Interface Stability | See below.      |
 295        +--------------------+-----------------+
 296 
 297 
 298        Invocation is evolving. Human readable output is unstable.
 299 
 300 SEE ALSO
 301        date(1), sar(1), iostat(1M), mpstat(1M), sar(1M), time(2),
 302        attributes(5)
 303 
 304 NOTES
 305        The sum of CPU utilization might vary slightly from 100 because of
 306        rounding errors in the production of a percentage figure.
 307 
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 311                                 April 14, 2015                      VMSTAT(1M)