AIX vmstat Recipe

1. Run vmstat in the background with a 5 second interval:

   nohup vmstat -wt 5 > diag_vmstat_$(hostname)_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).txt &

2. Reproduce the problem.
3. To stop collection, kill the vmstat process. For example:

   ps -ef | grep "vmstat -wt" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill

4. Upload diag_vmstat_*

For background, see AIX vmstat.

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