RE: [hobbit] Process ID Tracking.

["Haertig, David F (Dave)" <haertig (at) avaya.com>]

You could write a custom script to do this easily (you'd need to
remember state, but that's easy).  I'm not aware of any built-in Hobbit
check that would do this however.  Maybe somebody else knows.
 
Other things to consider trying (using standard Hobbit stuff):
 
When the process restarts, does it do anything in a logfile?  i.e.,
could you have Hobbit search for a restart text message in a logfile?
Is the logfile deleted and recreated at restart?  You could have Hobbit
check the timestamp on the logfile possibly.  When the process restarts,
does it write it's PID to a file?  Check the timestamp of that PID file.

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From: Moore, Paul [mailto:Paul.Moore (at) verizonbusiness.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:03 AM
To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
Subject: [hobbit] Process ID Tracking.



Is hobbit capable of tracking the PID of a process that it is watching
for?  I am in need of identifying if a process restarts with a new
process id.  Several of our applications are self healing but we still
need notification that this did indeed restart.  Any suggestions would
be helpful.

 

Paul Moore