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IPC Plug-in - Technical Reference
Introduction
The Geneos IPC plug-in provides an in depth status view of all shared memory segments that are currently active on the system.
Views
View
The IPC Plug-in produces a single view as follows:
Headline Legend
Name | Description |
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activeSegments | Number of active segments |
Table Legend
Name | Description |
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Key | The key of the shared memory segment. |
Id | The identifier for the facility entry. |
Mode | The facility access modes and flags. |
Owner | The login name of the owner of the facility entry. |
Group | The group name of the group of the owner of the facility entry. |
Creator | The login name of the creator of the facility. |
creatorGroup | The group name of the group of the creator of the facility entry. |
creatorPID | The process ID of the creator of the shared memory entry. |
lastPID | The process ID of the last process to attach or detach from the shared memory segment. |
attachCount | The number of processes attached to the associated shared memory segment. |
segSize | The size of the associated shared memory segment. |
tmTouched | The time when the associated entry was created or changed. |
tmLastAttach | The time the last attach was completed to the associated shared memory segment. |
tmLastDetach | The time the last detach was completed on the associated shared memory segment |