<# .SYNOPSIS Checks the swap space .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script queries the current status of the swap space and prints it. .PARAMETER minLevel Specifies the minimum level in GB (10 GB by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./check-swap-space.ps1 ✅ Swap space uses 42%, 748MB free of 1GB .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([int]$minLevel = 10) function MB2String { param([int64]$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 { [int64]$Total = [int64]$Used = [int64]$Free = 0 if ($IsLinux) { $Result = $(free --mega | grep Swap:) [int64]$Total = $Result.subString(5,14) [int64]$Used = $Result.substring(20,13) [int64]$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, only $(MB2String $Free) free" } elseif ($Used -eq 0) { Write-Output "✅ Swap space of $(MB2String $Total) reserved" } else { [int]$Percent = ($Used * 100) / $Total Write-Output "✅ Swap space uses $Percent%, $(MB2String $Free) free of $(MB2String $Total)" } exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }