<# .SYNOPSIS Checks the swap space status .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script queries the status of the swap space and prints it. .PARAMETER MinLevel Specifies the minimum level (10 GB by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./check-swap-space.ps1 ✅ Swap space uses 63GB of 1856GB .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([int]$MinLevel = 10) # minimum level in GB function MB2String { param([int64]$Bytes) if ($Bytes -lt 1000) { return "$($Bytes)MB" } $Bytes /= 1000 if ($Bytes -lt 1000) { return "$($Bytes)GB" } $Bytes /= 1000 if ($Bytes -lt 1000) { return "$($Bytes)TB" } $Bytes /= 1000 if ($Bytes -lt 1000) { return "$($Bytes)PB" } $Bytes /= 1000 if ($Bytes -lt 1000) { return "$($Bytes)EB" } } try { [int]$Total = [int]$Used = [int]$Free = 0 if ($IsLinux) { $Result = $(free --mega | grep Swap:) [int]$Total = $Result.subString(5,14) [int]$Used = $Result.substring(20,13) [int]$Free = $Result.substring(32,11) } else { $Items = Get-WmiObject -class "Win32_PageFileUsage" -namespace "root\CIMV2" -computername localhost foreach ($Item in $Items) { $Total = $Item.AllocatedBaseSize $Used = $Item.CurrentUsage $Free = ($Total - $Used) } } if ($Total -eq 0) { Write-Output "⚠️ No swap space configured" } elseif ($Free -eq 0) { Write-Output "⚠️ Swap space of $(MB2String $Total) is full" } elseif ($Free -lt $MinLevel) { Write-Output "⚠️ Swap space of $(MB2String $Total) is nearly full ($(MB2String $Free) free)" } elseif ($Used -eq 0) { Write-Output "✅ Swap space with $(MB2String $Total) reserved" } elseif ($Used -lt $Free) { Write-Output "✅ Swap space uses $(MB2String $Used) of $(MB2String $Total)" } else { Write-Output "✅ Swap space has $(MB2String $Free) of $(MB2String $Total) free" } exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }