pagefile

check_pagefile

Checks the pagefile usage.

• Examples
• Argument Defaults
• Attributes

Implementation

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Examples

Default Check

check_pagefile
OK - total 39.10 MiB/671.39 MiB (5.8%) |...

Example using NRPE and Naemon

Naemon Config

define command{
    command_name         check_nrpe
    command_line         $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -n -c $ARG1$ -a $ARG2$
}

define service {
    host_name            testhost
    service_description  check_pagefile
    use                  generic-service
    check_command        check_nrpe!check_pagefile!'warn=used > 80%' 'crit=used > 95%'
}

Argument Defaults

Argument	Default Value
filter	name = ’total'
warning	used > 60%
critical	used > 80%
empty-state	0 (OK)
empty-syntax
top-syntax	%(status) - ${list}
ok-syntax
detail-syntax	${name} ${used}/${size} (%(used_pct | fmt=%.1f )%)

Check Specific Arguments

None

Attributes

Filter Keywords

these can be used in filters and thresholds (along with the default attributes):

Attribute	Description
name	The name of the page file (location)
used	Used memory in human readable bytes
used_bytes	Used memory in bytes
used_pct	Used memory in percent
free	Free memory in human readable bytes
free_bytes	Free memory in bytes
free_pct	Free memory in percent
peak	Peak memory usage in human readable bytes
peak_bytes	Peak memory in bytes
peak_pct	Peak memory in percent
size	Total size of pagefile (human readable)
size_bytes	Total size of pagefile in bytes