Re: RFA: Multiprocesses on Netsaint 0.0.7 - RedHat 7.3
Stanley Hopcroft <[email protected]>
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Dear Sir, On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 10:26:43AM +0200, Michael Smedeus wrote: > Hi > > Last week I installed Netsaint 0.0.7 on a RedHat 7.3 box that will be a > replacement for an old RH7.2 one. > When running Netsaint on the new machine with an exact copy of all > config files, (Netsaint 0.0.7 on both) Netsaint creates 60-70 subprocesses. > > I'm curios about this if it's normal on a RH7.3 box with more than one > netsaint process? I have never seen this before starting from RH6.1-7.2 > until now and I belive that the normal behavior i just one process running. > I am not sure that I understand your observation but I expect to see _many_ shortlived Netsaint processes as the parent Netsaint forks itself to run service checks, send alerts etc etc. Here's a FreeBSD box, tsitc> ps -auxw | grep netsaint netsaint 31778 0.0 4.5 12176 11548 ?? Ss 9:35PM 0:11.91 /usr/local/netsaint/bin/netsaint -d /usr/local/netsaint/etc/netsaint.cfg netsaint 42993 0.0 4.5 12168 11548 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/netsaint/bin/netsaint -d /usr/local/netsaint/etc/netsaint.cfg netsaint 42995 0.0 0.1 628 280 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 sh -c /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ppp netsaint 42998 0.0 0.5 1656 1264 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.02 /usr/local/bin/expect -f /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ppp netsaint 42999 0.0 0.6 2372 1520 p5 Ss+ 10:16PM 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/ppp -interactive a6 netsaint 43014 0.0 4.5 12168 11548 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/netsaint/bin/netsaint -d /usr/local/netsaint/etc/netsaint.cfg netsaint 43016 0.0 0.1 632 284 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 sh -c /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping 10.0.100.191 5 10 50.0 100.0 -p 10 -to 15 -nohtml netsaint 43018 0.0 0.2 984 616 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping 10.0.100.191 5 10 50.0 100.0 -p 10 -to 15 -nohtml netsaint 43019 0.0 0.1 464 204 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /sbin/ping -n -c 10 10.0.100.191 netsaint 43034 0.0 4.5 12176 11556 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/netsaint/bin/netsaint -d /usr/local/netsaint/etc/netsaint.cfg netsaint 43035 0.0 0.1 632 284 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 sh -c /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping 10.0.100.15 5 10 50.0 100.0 -p 10 -to 15 -nohtml netsaint 43036 0.0 0.2 980 612 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping 10.0.100.15 5 10 50.0 100.0 -p 10 -to 15 -nohtml netsaint 43037 0.0 0.1 464 204 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /sbin/ping -n -c 10 10.0.100.15 netsaint 43039 0.0 4.5 12176 11556 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/netsaint/bin/netsaint -d /usr/local/netsaint/etc/netsaint.cfg netsaint 43041 0.0 0.1 632 284 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 sh -c /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping 10.0.100.52 5 10 50.0 100.0 -p 10 -to 15 -nohtml netsaint 43042 0.0 4.5 12176 11556 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/netsaint/bin/netsaint -d /usr/local/netsaint/etc/netsaint.cfg netsaint 43043 0.0 0.1 632 284 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 sh -c /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping 192.168.103.129 20 50 500.0 1000.0 -p 10 -to 15 -noht netsaint 43044 0.0 0.2 980 612 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping 10.0.100.52 5 10 50.0 100.0 -p 10 -to 15 -nohtml netsaint 43045 0.0 0.1 464 204 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /sbin/ping -n -c 10 10.0.100.52 netsaint 43046 0.0 0.2 984 616 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping 192.168.103.129 20 50 500.0 1000.0 -p 10 -to 15 -nohtml netsaint 43047 0.0 0.1 464 204 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /sbin/ping -n -c 10 192.168.103.129 netsaint 43049 0.0 4.5 12176 11556 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/netsaint/bin/netsaint -d /usr/local/netsaint/etc/netsaint.cfg netsaint 43050 0.0 0.1 632 284 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 sh -c /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping 10.0.100.11 5 10 50.0 100.0 -p 10 -to 15 -nohtml netsaint 43051 0.0 0.2 980 612 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping 10.0.100.11 5 10 50.0 100.0 -p 10 -to 15 -nohtml netsaint 43052 0.0 0.1 464 204 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /sbin/ping -n -c 10 10.0.100.11 netsaint 43057 0.0 4.5 12176 11556 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/netsaint/bin/netsaint -d /usr/local/netsaint/etc/netsaint.cfg netsaint 43058 0.0 0.1 632 284 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 sh -c /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping 10.0.100.148 5 10 50.0 100.0 -p 10 -to 15 -nohtml netsaint 43059 0.0 0.2 984 616 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping 10.0.100.148 5 10 50.0 100.0 -p 10 -to 15 -nohtml netsaint 43060 0.0 0.1 464 204 ?? S 10:16PM 0:00.00 /sbin/ping -n -c 10 10.0.100.148 tsitc> uname -a FreeBSD tsitc.aipo.gov.au 4.6.1-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 4.6.1-RELEASE-p10 #1: Wed Aug 7 17:49:05 EST 2002 [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TSITC i386 tsitc> Is it possible that your 7.[12] boxes are vastly more powerful than your 7.3 host ? (so that the checks finish real quick and you are not aware of their presence). How long do these multiple Netsaint processes last for ? Are the process IDs the same ? > Some more facts: > Netsaint performs alright on the new machine > The main process is started by the standard daemon-init script and both > machines sitting on the very same network segment. > > > Regards > > Michael Smedéus > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stanley Hopcroft ------------------------------------------------------------------------ '...No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. 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