Re: {bb} bb-top.pl, bb-axis.sh

[Andrew Davis <andrew@nccomp.com>]

You won't get alarms from the addition of TOP to the cpu test for your 
clients. The BB tests for the "CPU" column warn based on load average. 
If you want warnings based on top... you will need the perl or .sh 
add-on. Seeing the display of top is A) nicer since its more than the 
simple load average info, B) means you don't need to add yet another 
column to your display, and C) is useful for triage: if a system goes 
down or is unreachable, you can query the cpu info to see what the last 
process was that took all the CPU, etc... nice if you have a runaway 
process or repeated system failures due to high load, but the logs 
aren't telling you much.

AD

Misty Stanley-Jones wrote:

> Thanks,
>
> It appears I am missing all kinds of perl modules for the bb-top.pl.  I had 
> misspoken and called it bb-top.sh before.  However, I added the path to top, 
> and TOPARGS "-b -n 1" so that top would not block, and that works.  I'm not 
> sure if I will get an alarm based on top, but at least I can see what it is 
> doing.
>
> Still awaiting any Axis print server users to respond. :)
>
> Misty
>
> On Wednesday 26 May 2004 03:16 pm, Andrew Davis wrote:
>
> > Can't help you with bb-axis as I don't use it, but as I understand
> > bb-top, you have to install it on each client and define an entry in
> > bb-bbexttab that looks something like:
> >
> > localhost : : bb-top.sh
> >
> > Its worth pointing out that you can get the same results from bb-top.sh,
> > but without using an add-on scripts. On your BB server simply edit the
> > TOP entry for bbsys.sh to the path for top on your system. On my RH ES 3
> > box, I have TOP="/usr/bin/top". Then edit the TOPARGS variable. On mine,
> > I have TOPARGS="-C -b -n 1". You will need to make this change on each
> > client as well. If you're in a mixed environment, such as Solaris and
> > Linux, you may need to have different paths and parameters. In any case,
> > after making the changes and restarting the clients, clicking on the
> > "cpu" column icon on your BB display will show the output of top as well
> > the loadaverage and other goodies it now shows.

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