HP-UX SNAplus2 Diagnostics Guide

Resolving Common Problems
Reporting Problems to Support Personnel
Chapter 260
• Kernel drivers, type the following on the command
line:
snapwhat /stand/vmunix
System Resources
In addition to checking which programs are running,
you can check the HP-UX processing environment.
Your support team may ask you to run the ipcs
standard HP-UX utilityand ps standard HP-UX utility
to obtain information about the status of HP-UX
processes and resources.
Interprocess Communication Status (ipcs) Utility
The ipcs utility is a standard tool installed on HP-UX
computers that provides information about the status
of Interprocess Communication (IPC) resources
(message queues, shared memory, and semaphores).
Run ipcs if the audit and error logs indicate a problem
with IPC resources. To obtain maximum information
about all IPC resources, type ipcs -a on the command
line.
For more information about ipcs, refer to your HP-UX
documentation.
Process Status (ps) Utility
The ps utility is a standard tool installed on HP-UX
computers that provides information about the status
of HP-UX processes on your machine. Run ps in the
following situations:
• A program will not start.
• A program “hangs,” crashes, or runs slowly.
• A program error message indicates that a running
program is interfering with another process.
To obtain basic information about the SNAplus2
processes running, type the following on the command
line:
ps -ef | fgrep sna
For more information about ps, refer to your HP-UX