Memory consumption
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Got pfsense 2.5.1 on VmWare esxi5.1 vm just to terminate several ovpns from mikrotik routers and road warriors.
Dashboard shows memory used 86%, but Status Monitoring shows ~16%. VSphere via vmware tools shows ~15% up to 20% peak.Why so strange readings on dashboard?
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Look at Diag > System Activity, or run it at the console:
top -aSH.What is using that?
Does it go back to something expected if you reboot the VM?
Steve
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@pukoid
maybe the pcscd service, search in the forum. -
Yup, if it's increased use over time (leaking) it's probably that.
See: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11933#note-7Steve
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No, it's not pcscd. Stopping it in services changes nothing.
Looks like Dashboard takes in accouunt "Laundry" memory, but Monitoring is not.
Looks like it's vmvare tools.
last pid: 74856; load averages: 0.30, 0.43, 0.38 up 206+22:10:07 11:53:39 165 threads: 2 running, 116 sleeping, 47 waiting CPU: 0.8% user, 0.0% nice, 0.8% system, 0.0% interrupt, 98.4% idle Mem: 38M Active, 14M Inact, 614M Laundry, 169M Wired, 101M Buf, 101M Free Swap: 410M Total, 20M Used, 389M Free, 4% Inuse PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME WCPU COMMAND 11 root 155 ki31 0B 16K RUN 4932.1 98.64% [idle] 75794 root 21 0 101M 24M accept 0:07 0.26% php-fpm: pool nginx (php-fpm) 21418 root 20 0 17M 5936K select 13:35 0.15% /usr/local/sbin/openvpn --config /var/etc/openvpn/server1/config.ovpn{openvpn} 0 root -76 - 0B 384K - 179:34 0.15% [kernel{if_io_tqg_0}] 33576 root 20 0 17M 5880K select 28:17 0.08% /usr/local/sbin/openvpn --config /var/etc/openvpn/server3/config.ovpn{openvpn} 73896 root 20 0 13M 3428K RUN 0:00 0.06% top -aSH 29363 root 20 0 28M 4556K kqread 3:00 0.03% nginx: worker process (nginx) 9358 root 20 0 634M 612M select 116:32 0.03% /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd -c /usr/local/share/vmware-tools/tools.conf -p /usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc{vmtoolsd} 12 root -60 - 0B 752K WAIT 73:34 0.02% [intr{swi4: clock (0)}] 9 root -16 - 0B 16K - 33:22 0.01% [rand_harvestq] 78214 root 20 0 11M 1960K select 4:10 0.01% /usr/sbin/syslogd -s -c -c -l /var/dhcpd/var/run/log -P /var/run/syslog.pid -f /etc/syslog.conf -b 192.168.3.2 49938 root 20 0 12M 1588K bpf 30:53 0.01% /usr/local/sbin/filterlog -i pflog0 -p /var/run/filterlog.pid 8 root -16 - 0B 16K pftm 38:45 0.01% [pf purge] 46675 root 20 0 20M 8380K select 0:00 0.01% sshd: admin@pts/0 (sshd) 16 root -16 - 0B 48K psleep 8:35 0.01% [pagedaemon{dom0}] 66365 root 20 0 12M 1532K nanslp 16:13 0.01% /usr/local/bin/dpinger -S -r 0 -i gw_214 -B 81.1.214.195 -p /var/run/dpinger_gw_214~81.1.214.195~81.1.214.193.pid -u /var/run/dpinger_gw_214~81.1.214.195~81.1.214.193.sock -C 12 root -88 - 0B 752K WAIT 9:36 0.00% [intr{irq15: ata1}] 66840 root 20 0 12M 1660K nanslp 16:25 0.00% /usr/local/bin/dpinger -S -r 0 -i gw_subnet13 -B 192.168.3.2 -p /var/run/dpinger_gw_subnet13~192.168.3.2~192.168.3.1.pid -u /var/run/dpinger_gw_subnet13~192.168.3.2~192.168.3 488 root 20 0 10M 544K select 5:46 0.00% /sbin/devd -q -f /etc/pfSense-devd.conf 30576 root 20 0 16M 3144K select 8:12 0.00% /usr/local/sbin/ntpd -g -c /var/etc/ntpd.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid{ntpd} 18 root -16 - 0B 48K qsleep 5:20 0.00% [bufdaemon{bufdaemon}] 333 root 20 0 101M 15M kqread 4:34 0.00% php-fpm: master process (/usr/local/lib/php-fpm.conf) (php-fpm) 66365 root 20 0 12M 1532K sbwait 4:27 0.00% /usr/local/bin/dpinger -S -r 0 -i gw_214 -B 81.1.214.195 -p /var/run/dpinger_gw_214~81.1.214.195~81.1.214.193.pid -u /var/run/dpinger_gw_214~81.1.214.195~81.1.214.193.sock -C 66840 root 20 0 12M 1660K sbwait 4:26 0.00% /usr/local/bin/dpinger -S -r 0 -i gw_subnet13 -B 192.168.3.2 -p /var/run/dpinger_gw_subnet13~192.168.3.2~192.168.3.1.pid -u /var/run/dpinger_gw_subnet13~192.168.3.2~192.168.3 9358 root 20 0 634M 612M uwait 4:11 0.00% /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd -c /usr/local/share/vmware-tools/tools.conf -p /usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc{HangDetector} 66840 root 20 0 12M 1660K nanslp 2:32 0.00% /usr/local/bin/dpinger -S -r 0 -i gw_subnet13 -B 192.168.3.2 -p /var/run/dpinger_gw_subnet13~192.168.3.2~192.168.3.1.pid -u /var/run/dpinger_gw_subnet13~192.168.3.2~192.168.3 66365 root 20 0 12M 1532K nanslp 2:33 0.00% /usr/local/bin/dpinger -S -r 0 -i gw_214 -B 81.1.214.195 -p /var/run/dpinger_gw_214~81.1.214.195~81.1.214.193.pid -u /var/run/dpinger_gw_214~81.1.214.195~81.1.214.193.sock -C 4 root -16 - 0B 32K - 3:22 0.00% [cam{doneq0}] 0 root -76 - 0B 384K - 0:08 0.00% [kernel{softirq_0}] 18 root 20 - 0B 48K sdflus 2:55 0.00% [bufdaemon{/ worker}] 0 root -16 - 0B 384K swapin 0:16 0.00% [kernel{swapper}] 20 root 16 - 0B 16K syncer 9:22 0.00% [syncer] 25 root -16 - 0B 16K - 0:01 0.00% [soaiod4] 19 root -16 - 0B 16K vlruwt 0:34 0.00% [vnlru] 18 root 20 - 0B 48K - 0:30 0.00% [bufdaemon{bufspacedaemon-0}] 16 root -16 - 0B 48K umarcl 0:28 0.00% [pagedaemon{uma}] 0 root 8 - 0B 384K - 0:07 0.00% [kernel{thread taskq}] 22 root -16 - 0B 16K - 0:01 0.00% [soaiod1] 23 root -16 - 0B 16K - 0:01 0.00% [soaiod2] 24 root -16 - 0B 16K - 0:01 0.00% [soaiod3] 71935 root 52 20 11M 1688K wait 19:50 0.00% /bin/sh /var/db/rrd/updaterrd.sh 29817 root 20 0 11M 860K nanslp 1:19 0.00% /usr/sbin/cron -s 12 root -88 - 0B 752K WAIT 1:17 0.00% [intr{irq17: mpt0}] 26794 root 52 0 102M 26M accept 0:11 0.00% php-fpm: pool nginx (php-fpm){php-fpm} 55663 root 52 0 101M 24M accept 0:09 0.00% php-fpm: pool nginx (php-fpm) 66365 root 20 0 12M 1532K accept 0:07 0.00% /usr/local/bin/dpinger -S -r 0 -i gw_214 -B 81.1.214.195 -p /var/run/dpinger_gw_214~81.1.214.195~81.1.214.193.pid -u /var/run/dpinger_gw_214~81.1.214.195~81.1.214.193.sock -C 66840 root 20 0 12M 1660K accept 0:07 0.00% /usr/local/bin/dpinger -S -r 0 -i gw_subnet13 -B 192.168.3.2 -p /var/run/dpinger_gw_subnet13~192.168.3.2~192.168.3.1.pid -u /var/run/dpinger_gw_subnet13~192.168.3.2~192.168.3 65 root -8 - 0B 16K mdwait 0:05 0.00% [md0] 4 root -16 - 0B 32K - 0:05 0.00% [cam{scanner}] 89025 root 20 0 10M 292K nanslp 0:04 0.00% minicron: helper /usr/local/bin/ping_hosts.sh (minicron) 97977 root 52 0 101M 23M accept 0:03 0.00% php-fpm: pool nginx (php-fpm) 12 root -72 - 0B 752K WAIT 0:01 0.00% [intr{swi1: netisr 0}] 1 root 20 0 9548K 216K wait 0:00 0.00% [init] 89547 root 20 0 10M 292K nanslp 0:00 0.00% minicron: helper /usr/local/sbin/fcgicli -f /etc/rc.expireaccounts (minicron) 21418 root 20 0 17M 5936K kqread 0:00 0.00% /usr/local/sbin/openvpn --config /var/etc/openvpn/server1/config.ovpn{openvpn} 12 root -84 - 0B 752K WAIT 0:00 0.00% [intr{irq1: atkbd0}] 372 root 40 20 11M 1216K kqread 0:00 0.00% /usr/local/sbin/check_reload_status 9358 root 20 0 634M 612M uwait 0:00 0.00% /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd -c /usr/local/share/vmware-tools/tools.conf -p /usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc{pool-spawner}9358 root 20 0 634M 612M select 116:32 0.03% /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd -c /usr/local/share/vmware-tools/tools.conf -p /usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc{vmtoolsd} -
@pukoid said in Memory consumption:
No, it's not pcscd. Stopping it in services changes nothing.
Maybe I'm wrong, but in my case it need 30-60 secondes after stop the service...
Edit:
See it after posting /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd is your issue.
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