AIX Running Processes

[pizzaman]

I got cacti+AIX template running nicely. I'd like to extend that a little bit to get the running processes report too. For instance, is Process_A, etc... running and how many of them. Thanks in advance to AIX guru.

[rony]

Ooooh....

Um......

Let me ponder on this....

[pizzaman]

It'd be very interesting to get this thing done. Google all the way to Hade but couldn't find any reference on this.

[rony]

Well, the hostmib on AIX agent it supported, but I don't remember what metrics it has.

So, I don't know yet, but have ideas..

[rony]

Seems the AIX specific mib has a process table that has the following metrics:

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TTY - Indicates the controlling terminal name of the process. 
Status - For processes:
         (1)O Nonexistent 
         (2)A Active
         (3)W Swapped 
         (4)I Idle (waiting for startup) :
         (5)Z Canceled 
         (6)T Stopped
Start - The start time of the process.
CPU - CPU utilization of process or thread, incremented 
      each time the system clock ticks and the process 
      or thread is found to be running. 
      Large values indicate a CPU intensive process and results
      in lower process priority whereas small values indicate 
      an I/O intensive process and result in a more favorable 
      priority. 
CMD - The command name of the process. 
Priority - The priority of the process or kernel thread, 
      higher numbers mean lower priority.
Group - Indicates the effective group ID of the process.
PPID - The process ID of the parent process.
UID - The user ID of the process owner.

What are you looking todo, please describe.

[pizzaman]

What I'd like to do is to get the result from AIX as I could do from Linux. In Linux, you could configure net-snmpd to monitor specific process(es), for instance if mysql processes (and how many of them) are running. That comes with this OID .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.2.

[rony]

You know, there really is nothing stopping you from compiling NET-SNMP and running it on AIX..

[pizzaman]

Thanks! BUT the owner of this AIX iron is the person who doesn't like me to install anything _new_ into it.

[pizzaman]

Installing net-snmp will be the last resource.. Thanks in advance for any suggestion.

[skantner]

You know, there really is nothing stopping you from compiling NET-SNMP and running it on AIX..

Except that it appears there are few mortals who can get Net-SNMP 5.2.1 to compile and work on AIX 5.2 I'm struggling with that right now. The NET-SNMP lists are very quiet on this issue

[rony]

Everyone is quiet about AIX. I would swear it never existed if I didn't have 10 windows open to many different AIX boxes...

Are you using GCC or XLC to compile? You might have better luck with GCC.

[skantner]

As I type this, a compile is running under the gcc that IBM publishes in it's Linux tool box for AIX 5L. I just found a link for that by dumb luck after I posted my previous message (viva la Google). I had previously tried xlc V7 and a binary of gcc I found on the old Bull shareware site.

//Scott

[rony]

It should work under GCC, I have my doubts it works under XLC.

[skantner]

<sigh> same problem as under xlc. When i start up snmpd, it immediately ends. In smpd.log I get one line:
nlist: No such file or directory.
I have no idea what it's looking for.

[pizzaman]

skantner, thanks for the update and please keep us posted about your experiments (gcc, net-snmp, AIX).