OpenVMS - How to Find which Processes Are Using a Specific Pagefile

OpenVMS - How to Find which Processes Are Using a Specific Pagefile

Finding which processes are using a specific pagefile.

There is a freeware extension PF$SDA extension available.

Please click here to access the openvms .org page and find the information on the freeware update at

http://www.openvms.org/stories.php?story=06/06/09/7721822    (Look for pf_sda.zip on this page)

Details

Copy the PF$SDA proper version to sys$share then execute the command :

SDA> pf 'pagefile_index'

Click here for an example:

In this example there is no processes using the pagefile.

 

$ copy PF$SDA.EXE_ALP_V732 SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]PF$SDA.EXE
$ show memory/file
              System Memory Resources on  1-MAR-2007 11:38:02.05

Write Bitmap (WBM) Memory Summary
  Local bitmap count:     0     Local bitmap memory usage (bytes)       0.00
  Master bitmap count:    0     Master bitmap memory usage (bytes)      0.00

Paging File Usage (bytes):                     Index        Free        Size
  DISK$VMS732:[SYS2.SYSEXE]PAGEFILE.SYS                                         
                                    (GB)         254        2.00        2.00
  Total committed paging file usage:(MB)                               70.75

$ analyze/system
SDA> PF 254                
PF V1.1 (c) 2006, Ian Miller (miller@encompasserve.org) built on VMS V7.3-2  
%PF-I-INFO, File index 254
Device: $1$DGA2000 (default filespec SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSEXE]PAGEFILE.SYS)
Pagefile flags: INITED 
Total size (in pages)       262648      Pages in use                             0
Free Pages                  262648      Minimum free pages                  262648
Total write count                0      Total read count                         0
%PF-I-NOTINUSE, There are no pages in use in this file
%PF-I-TOTALSWAP, Total Size of all Swap Files 0 pages
%PF-I-TOTALPAGE, Total Size of all Page Files 262648 pages
%PF-I-TOTALREFS, Total Committed Page File Usage 9370 pages
%PF-I-TOTALALLO, Total Allocated Page File 0 pages
%PF-I-PINUSE, 0.00% pagefile is in use
SDA>