uptime error

[Michael Deely]

when running uptime I recieve this error:

<<>>> uptime
uptime: Could not get pstat static info: : Invalid argument

any ideas on the cause?

[Michael Deely]

some more info. I get the following when running ps:

<<>>> ps -ef | grep cron
ps: couldn't get console device alias
ps: not enough memory for hash table

[Simon Hargrave]

sounds like either saturated memory or kernel tables.

try: "swapinfo -tam" to check memory
try: sar -v 10 10 to check kernel tables

[harry d brown jr]

Looks like memory issues.

do a

swapinfo -mat

if you can.

are you logged on as root?

live free or die
harry

[Michael Deely]

<<>>> swapinfo -tam
swapinfo: ERROR: pstat_getvminfo: Invalid argument (errno = 22).
Mb Mb Mb PCT START/ Mb
TYPE AVAIL USED FREE USED LIMIT RESERVE PRI NAME
dev 1024 0 1024 0% 0 - 1 /dev/vg00/lvol2
dev 5120 0 5120 0% 0 - 0 /dev/vg00/swap1
reserve - 0 0
total 6144 0 6144 0% - 0 -

<<>>> sar -v 10 10
sadc: pstat_getdynamic() error: Invalid argument

<<>>> whoami
root

[Simon Hargrave]

since you can't use any of your core commands, i'd suggest a reboot is the only recourse in this instance. looks like you're basically starved of memory. try a clean shutdown, if that fails then a TOC will at least give a dump file from which you may be able to determine what particularly ate your memory.

[harry d brown jr]

What does bdf show?

Also do a "vgdisplay -v vg00"

live free or die
harry

[Jeff Schussele · Accepted solution]

Hmmm....have you relinked a new kernel & not rebooted yet?

Rgds,
Jeff