PowerShell/docs/check-swap-space.md

Script: check-swap-space.ps1

This PowerShell script queries the current status of the swap space and prints it.

Parameters

PS> ./check-swap-space.ps1 [[-minLevel] <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]

-minLevel <Int32>
    Specifies the minimum level in GB (10 GB by default)
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                10
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./check-swap-space.ps1
✅ Swap space has 748MB free (42% of 1GB used)

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.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 has 748MB free (42% of 1GB used)
.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 {
	
	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 {
		$items = Get-WmiObject -class "Win32_PageFileUsage" -namespace "root\CIMV2" -computername localhost 
		[int64]$total = [int64]$used = 0
		foreach ($item in $items) { 
			$total += $item.AllocatedBaseSize
			$used += $item.CurrentUsage
			
		}
		[int64]$free = ($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 has only $(MB2String $free) of $(MB2String $total) free"
	} elseif ($used -lt 5) {
		Write-Output "✅ Swap space has the full $(MB2String $free) free"
	} else {
		[int64]$percent = ($used * 100) / $total
		Write-Output "✅ Swap space has $(MB2String $free) free ($percent% of $(MB2String $total) used)"
	}
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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