Re: [foxboro] AW51D Box at Ver 6.5.2 (Two Problems)

Dale, 
Could you try  vmstat  2   which should report system resources every 2 
seconds. Ignore the first line that prints out. (Control C to exit the program) 
The far right is processor idle time.   See what it is before you invoke 
snapshot and then for the 20-30 seconds it takes to start.  You may want to 
print out the "man vmstat" results so that you know what each column represents.

Also pay close attention to the memory usage.  Try swap -s to see how much 
virtual memory you have on the computer. The guidelines say swap space (page 
space in Microsoft world) should be 2-3 times your RAM. But this guidline could 
be low if you have a lot of programs running on this AW. You might need swap 
4-5 times RAM. The swap -s will let you know if you are running low on swap 
space. Perhaps keep a second VT-100 open so that you can issue the swap -s 
command as the snapshot program tries to start up.

The B0193ND manual will tell you how to increase swap space if you need more.

Regards,

Terry

 

 

 

I've done as you said and still I'm unable to get anywhere with this.  The 
memory looks fine and passes all self tests in fourth tool kit mode.  The /opt 
partition is 87% full but has been since this box went in in 1997 due to the 
Historian being full and always worked fine.

Any more info would be great

PS Problem #2 went mysteriously disappeared.



>
> From: "Ali Ahmed" <alizahidi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2007/02/20 Tue PM 10:59:13 EST
> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [foxboro] AW51D Box at Ver 6.5.2 (Two Problems)
>
> Check your hard disk space using  the following command in VT100
>
> # df -tk -F ufs
>
> If your / or  /opt partition is occupying more than 80% space, clean up your
> hard disk by removing unneccessary fikes such as 'core' etc. Also check that
> your AW51D's RAM is o.k. In some cases if you have two RAM cards in your Sun
> box and one fails, it drops the overall RAM capacity and it may lead to such
> type of problems.
>
> Rgds,
> Ali Ahmed Zahidi
> Karachi, Pakistan.
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: <doctorg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [foxboro] AW51D Box at Ver 6.5.2 (Two Problems)
> >Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:00:59 -0500
> >
> >Hi all
> >
> >
> >I have two problems with this box:
> >
> >1) Snapshot program is very slow to start (up to 20 secs) and when it does
> >I'm able to take a screen shot and then when I try Viewing the image in
> >Image Viewer I get an hour glass and the image viewer never starts.  I can
> >invoke it manually in VT100 but not with the snapshot program.  Therefore
> >not able to Save as a Jpeg or Tif File.  Can anyone point out why this may
> >be?
> >
> >
> >2) Unable to start an ICC session on this Box after a reboot.  It says it's
> >running but never shows the window of the session.  I'm only able to get
> >into it by killing the parent process and then going to a hummingbird
> >terminal and remotely starting an ICC session.  This works ok and I can
> >exit it and then go to the AW and everthing will work fine from this point
> >on (that is I can start an ICC Session from the Host Box) until the box is
> >rebooted and then the problem reappears.  Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >Dale Gillis
> >Instrument Technician
> >Stora Enso Port Hawkesbury Ltd.
> >PO Box 9500
> >110 Pulpmill Road
> >Port Hawkesbury
> >Nova Scotia
> >Canada B9A 1A1
> >
> >
> >
> >
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