32505 - Server swap space shortage warning

Alarm Group:

PLAT

Description:

This alarm indicates the swap space available on the server is less than expected. This is usually caused by a process that has allocated a very large amount of memory over time.

Note:

For this alarm to clear, the underlying failure condition must be consistently undetected for a number of polling intervals. Therefore, the alarm may continue to be reported for several minutes after corrective actions are completed.

Severity:

Minor

Instance:

May include AlarmLocation, AlarmId, AlarmState, AlarmSeverity, and bindVarNamesValueStr

HA Score:

Normal

Auto Clear Seconds:

0 (zero)

OID:

tpdSwapSpaceShortageWarning

Alarm ID:

TKSPLATMI6

Recovery:

1. Run syscheck in verbose mode.
2. Determine which processes are using swap.
   1. List application processes and determine the process ID.
   2. Determine how much swap each process is using. One method to determine the amount of swap being used by process is:
   • grep VmSwap /proc/<process id>/status
3. It is recommended to contact My Oracle Support, provide the system health check output, and process swap usage.