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    Error : swap_pager_getswapsspace(): failed

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      No you need to run top -aSH not pftop.

      The output should look like this:

      last pid: 83069;  load averages:  0.00,  0.00,  0.00                        up 1+22:54:07  12:42:04
      122 threads:   3 running, 105 sleeping, 14 waiting
      CPU:  0.0% user,  0.0% nice,  0.4% system,  0.0% interrupt, 99.6% idle
      Mem: 8284K Active, 234M Inact, 554M Wired, 388M Buf, 3124M Free
      Swap: 
      
        PID USERNAME    PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE    C   TIME    WCPU COMMAND
         11 root        155 ki31      0    32K RUN      1  46.6H  99.77% [idle{idle: cpu1}]
         11 root        155 ki31      0    32K CPU0     0  46.5H  99.50% [idle{idle: cpu0}]
         12 root        -60    -      0   224K WAIT     0   8:39   0.28% [intr{swi4: clock (0)}]
      82921 root         20    0    13M  3844K CPU1     1   0:00   0.12% top -aSH
         19 root        -16    -      0    16K -        0   2:11   0.08% [rand_harvestq]
         55 root         -8    -      0    16K mdwait   0   0:06   0.07% [md1]
          0 root        -76    -      0   288K -        1   1:20   0.05% [kernel{if_config_tqg_0}]
         18 root        -16    -      0    16K pftm     0   1:01   0.02% [pf purge]
          0 root        -76    -      0   288K -        0   0:21   0.01% [kernel{if_io_tqg_0}]
      32713 root         20    0    11M  2716K nanslp   0   0:20   0.01% /usr/local/bin/dpinger -S -r 0 -
      69134 root         20    0    20M    11M select   0   0:00   0.01% sshd: root@pts/0 (sshd)
         24 root         16    -      0    16K syncer   1   0:14   0.01% [syncer]
      71903 root         20    0    10M  2288K select   1   0:17   0.01% /usr/sbin/powerd -b hadp -a hadp
      56969 root         20    0    11M  2504K select   0   0:03   0.01% /usr/local/sbin/radvd -p /var/ru
         20 root        -16    -      0    48K psleep   1   0:09   0.01% [pagedaemon{dom0}]
      50061 root         20    0    18M    18M select   1   0:12   0.01% /usr/local/sbin/ntpd -g -c /var/
         22 root         20    -      0    64K qsleep   1   0:06   0.00% [bufdaemon{bufdaemon}]
         50 root         -8    -      0    16K mdwait   1   0:01   0.00% [md0]
      32713 root         20    0    11M  2716K sbwait   1   0:06   0.00% /usr/local/bin/dpinger -S -r 0 -
        471 root         20    0    94M    25M kqread   0   0:05   0.00% php-fpm: master process (/usr/lo
      32713 root         20    0    11M  2716K nanslp   0   0:03   0.00% /usr/local/bin/dpinger -S -r 0 -
      19865 root         20    0    12M  3152K bpf      1   0:03   0.00% /usr/local/sbin/filterlog -i pfl
         22 root         20    -      0    64K sdflus   0   0:02   0.00% [bufdaemon{/ worker}]
         23 root        -16    -      0    16K vlruwt   0   0:01   0.00% [vnlru]
      

      Swap is actually disabled on that system but it would otherwise be shown there on the Swap: line.

      Steve

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      • G
        gaudouy
        last edited by

        Thanks for your response.

        I have this results :

        cmdpfsense3.JPG

        and after few minutes :

        cmdpfsense4.JPG

        What do you think ?

        Thanks for advance,
        Gauthier

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          You have 256MB RAM on that VM? That's not enough, you need 512MB minimum really. You might get away with 384 but I would not try that.

          Steve

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          • G
            gaudouy
            last edited by

            Yes, i will upgrade the ram

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            • G
              gaudouy
              last edited by

              When I upgrade the ram to 512MB i have this error :

              cmdpfsense5.JPG

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              • G
                gaudouy
                last edited by

                The result with the cmd top -aSH :

                cmdpfsense6.JPG

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  That was after shutting down and rebooting I assume?

                  No swap use and free RAM now which is good.

                  What hypervisor are you using?

                  Steve

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                    gaudouy
                    last edited by

                    @stephenw10 said in Error : swap_pager_getswapsspace(): failed:

                    That was after shutting down and rebooting I assume?
                    No swap use and free RAM now which is good.
                    What hypervisor are you using?
                    Steve

                    Yes, I restarted and now I have this error.
                    The hypervisor is ESX 6.0.

                    I have also this error : "fcgicli"
                    cmdpfsense7.JPG

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Hmm, try setting 768MB. Systems with less than 512MB do not enable OPcache so setting to 512 enables it. But I wonder if in fact not all 512MB is available somehow.

                      Or try setting just below 512MB so OPcache does not get enabled at all, 480MB maybe.

                      This seems to be fairly well documented. There are several other threads showing exactly the same issue when increasing to 512MB in VMWare it hits that error.

                      Steve

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                        gaudouy
                        last edited by

                        I create a new VM with 1024 MB and now i have zero problem.

                        Thanks for your help :)

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