[hobbit] monitor processes by owner

Mon Nov 2 16:54:29 CET 2009

More ideas:

You can track (and graph) the number of processes that pass a regular
expression.  This is defined in hobbit-clients.cfg.  This will show you how
a count changes over time.  This is similar to Patrick's idea, but perhaps
more universal.  (example: "PROC oracle TRACK=Oracle")

You can define the process check for alerting and set the maximum number to
a value that is near your max count -- this will alert you when you are in
the "danger zone".  Combine with above by adding count values (e.g. "1 32")
to the command.

Bruce's idea is good, too.  There is no reason why you cannot use them all
at the same time -- if only to help you validate your assumptions.
GLH
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Josie Wells <josie_wells at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thank you Bruce, Patrick, Jerald and David for your suggestions.
>
> Although Patrick's idea sounds good I would like to monitor other processes
> as well if possible.
>
> To confirm the the reasoning behind what I am trying to do, I am trying to
> see if the number of oracle owned processes ever comes close to the limit
> defined by the OS (MAXUPROC I think it's called) - a problem we have had in
> the past.
>
> Therefore I'd like it to include all oracle processes rather than
> monitoring the oracle port as Bruce suggests.
>
> Maybe the custom script is the way to go - but I'd really like to avoid
> that if I can.
>
> Josie
>
>
>
> --- On Mon, 11/2/09, White, Bruce <bewhite at fellowes.com> wrote:
>
> > From: White, Bruce <bewhite at fellowes.com>
> > Subject: RE: [hobbit] monitor processes by owner
> > To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> > Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 3:26 PM
>  > I track and graph Oracle DB
> > connections and connections to our Oracle forms server not
> > via processes but by port connections.  This is easily
> > done under the ports test, without any changes to
> > code.  In your hobbit-clients.cfg file, add a PORT rule
> > which defines the port used to make the connection and a
> > TRACK option.
> >
> >      .....Bruce
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Patrick Nixon [mailto:pnixon at gmail.com]
> >
> > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:58 AM
> > To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> > Subject: Re: [hobbit] monitor processes by owner
> >
> > Sort of similar to Jerald's idea, but it'll get you the
> > graphs easier. :)
> >
> > On your db server, go into the client's etc directory and
> > modify the hobbitclient.cfg.
> >
> > changing
> > PS="ps ax"
> > to
> > PS="ps ax | $GREP oracle"
> >
> > Caveat: This will restrict you to *JUST* monitoring
> > processes for oracle, nothing else on the server in
> > question.
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Sheets, Jerald <
> Jerald.Sheets at turner.com>
> > wrote:
> > > How about write a custom script that is green when
> > your ps -ef |grep
> > > <procname> has the appropriate user, yellow if
> > say, 1 or two is owned
> > > by someone else, and maybe red if 5 or more?
> > >
> > > You could also do no middle ground, too.  Green
> > or red.
> > >
> > > Fairly trivial, but it would not be monitored as a
> > PROC, it would be a
> > > custom check.
> > >
> > >  Jerald Sheets
> > > Sr. Systems Engineer
> > > CNN News Systems
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> > > * 404.878.0566  *404.293.8762
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Josie Wells [mailto:josie_wells at yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:40 AM
> > > To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> > > Subject: [hobbit] monitor processes by owner
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am new to this mailing list so apologies if I am
> > breaking any
> > > protocol by sending this mail out to this address - I
> > have searched
> > > the faqs and can find no answer.
> > >
> > > What I am trying to do is to monitor processes by the
> > owner.
> > >
> > > In hobbit-clients.cfg I can specify a string to search
> > for in the
> > > process name but I can find no way to look in the USER
> > column.
> > >
> > > If I could, then I could get a count of processes
> > owned by oracle and
> > > graph it out.
> > >
> > > Is this possible?
> > >
> > > Many thanks
> > >
> > > Josie
> > >
> > >
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