[Nagiosplug-help] R: check_procs

[Baker, Charles H.]

Well, on linux you can get a couple of columns useful to your need from the ps command. They are:

 

lstart    STARTEDtime the command started.

 

And 

 

etime     ELAPSEDelapsed time since the process was started, in the

                        form [[dd-]hh:]mm:ss.

 

For example

 

cbaker at rain:~$ ps -Ao lstart,etime,comm

                 STARTED     ELAPSED COMMAND

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 init

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 kthreadd

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 migration/0

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 ksoftirqd/0

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 watchdog/0

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 migration/1

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 ksoftirqd/1

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 watchdog/1

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 migration/2

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 ksoftirqd/2

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 watchdog/2

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 migration/3

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 ksoftirqd/3

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 watchdog/3

Wed Oct 28 17:22:55 2009    17:12:33 events/0

 

Unfortunately to my knowledge the ps in Solaris does not have etime or anything similar. It does have stime 

 

STIME     (f)

           The starting time of  the  process,  given  in  hours,

           minutes,  and  seconds.  (A  process  begun  more than

           twenty-four hours before the ps inquiry is executed is

           given in months and days.)

 

You should be able to script a check using that info.

 

Charles H. Baker

Unix System Administration

cbaker at nuvox.com

864.331.7896 | 864.990.1297

It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts. Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer

 

From: Valerio.FABRIZIO at sungard.com [mailto:Valerio.FABRIZIO at sungard.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:58 AM
To: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Nagiosplug-help] R: check_procs

 

Hi

No, the processes are started and stopped with a crontab at a specified time.

 

 

Valerio Fabrizio * Technical Specialist * SunGard * Global Trading * GLESIA Srl - via Degli Amedei, 15 20123 Milano, Italy
Tel:+39 02 45442332 * Fax:+39 45 44 22 99 * Mobile:+39 3463949080 * valerio.fabrizio at sungard.com * www.sungard.com/GlobalTrading

 

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Da: Baker, Charles H. [mailto:cbaker at nuvox.com] 
Inviato: giovedì 29 ottobre 2009 14.54
A: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
Oggetto: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] check_procs

 

Does the process have to run to completion? Or can it be shutdown at a specified time and started at a specified time?

 

Charles H. Baker

Unix System Administration

cbaker at nuvox.com

864.331.7896 | 864.990.1297

It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts. Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer

 

From: Valerio.FABRIZIO at sungard.com [mailto:Valerio.FABRIZIO at sungard.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:05 AM
To: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Nagiosplug-help] check_procs

 

Hi all

I'm using check_procs plugin to monitor our clients' processes (on Linux and Solaris OS), and I need to add a check on processes' date.

What I need Is to be sure that a process has started today (for us it's important that the procs we monitor stop in the evening and start again in the morning) can someone help me on this?

 

Valerio Fabrizio * Technical Specialist * SunGard * Global Trading * GLESIA Srl - via Degli Amedei, 15 20123 Milano, Italy
Tel:+39 02 45442332 * Fax:+39 45 44 22 99 * Mobile:+39 3463949080 * valerio.fabrizio at sungard.com * www.sungard.com/GlobalTrading

 

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