[Xymon] File Handles

[Deiss, Mark]

If you have /proc available, then check if you have /proc/sys/fs/file-nr. If you do then should be able to get the value using:

cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr

This "should". ahemm.... be OS agnostic. 

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From: Xymon [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] on behalf of Galen Johnson [Galen.Johnson at sas.com]
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Subject: Re: [Xymon] File Handles

googling a bit more shows that the /proc filesystem is available on Solaris and there is also the pfiles command.

=G=
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It's been a long time since I worked on Solaris but there might even be a way to do it with dtrace.  There was a link for doing something similar using lsof but that required a bit more work.

=G=

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From: Deiss, Mark <Mark.Deiss at xerox.com>
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2015 12:03 PM
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Subject: RE: [Xymon] File Handles

Have an external that uses "sar" to figure out the number of open file handles. It has stanzas for Linux and HPUX; if your Solaris box has sar then should be able to add a Solaris stanza.

Basically uses "sar -v 5 2" and processes the last line; 3rd field for linux, 8th field for hpux.

If you want the external, can send it to you off list. It may be malingering as a Big-Brother module on the Dell/Quest/Big-Brother/defunct-deadcat repository. You may also find other modules there that can be modified for your requirements.

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From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Nick Pettefar
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2015 11:28 AM
To: Galen Johnson
Cc: xymon; Nick Pettefar
Subject: Re: [Xymon] File Handles

Sorry, it will be most likely used under Solaris 10/11.

Regards,

Nick


On 7 August 2015 at 16:04, Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson at sas.com> wrote:
> You'll likely need to write your own test based on this (assuming this is linux):
>
> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/66235/how-to-display-open-file
> -descriptors-but-not-using-lsof-command
>
> =G=
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> on behalf of Nick Pettefar
> <Nick at pettefar.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2015 10:48 AM
> To: xymon
> Subject: [Xymon] File Handles
>
> Hi, is there a way to monitor file handle usage - how many open files
> against the maximum allowed, by any chance? - just had a request from
> a user for this and couldn't find a reference in the documentation or
> the Google thing.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick
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