Getting RSS (resident set size) and NLWP (number of light weight processes) on HP-UX 11

[Leo Lai]

Hi, I was wondering if there is a command to get the RSS (resident set size) and the nlwp (number of threads) for a process on HP-UX 11.

On other UNIX systems, the ps command provides these values. Is there something similar on HP-UX? If not, is there a /proc filesystem similar to the one found on Linux? Thanks.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

One way is to run 'glance'. No, there is no '/proc' filesystem in HP-UX as there is in Linux and AIX, for instance.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Bill Hassell]

No /proc on HP-UX and ps does not provide thread or RSS information. You'll need to use Glance. Glance is an optional (priced) product but absolutely essential to monitor system and application performance. You can load a copy from your Application CD set and it will run for a trial period.