Screencasts

Getting started with vmprobe

In this screencast, we install vmprobe, and demonstrate basic vmprobe cache command-line usage.

Commands used:

cpanm Vmprobe --sudo

vmprobe version
vmprobe -r [host] version
vmprobe -r [host1] -r [host2] version

vmprobe cache -p /path show
vmprobe cache -p /path touch
vmprobe cache -p /path evict

vmprobe cache -p /path snapshot > file.snapshot
vmprobe cache restore < file.snapshot
vmprobe cache -r [host] restore < file.snapshot

vmprobe web

Using vmprobe's web interface

This screencast demonstrates the major features of the vmprobe web interface:

• Examining memory usage
• Touching and evicting files
• Locking memory
• Snapshots

To run the web interface, use the vmprobe web command:

vmprobe web