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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve been using statgrab for a while and recently inherited some<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Solaris 10 servers that are global hosts for some virtual zones ..<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am also using Check_MK to monitor but find that these hosts are<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">timing out more often than not. When exploring further with truss<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I see that ANY option I pass to statgrab seems to be walking the
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">device trees for some reason .. and I suspect my device trees are<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">very broken … there are over 5000 device links in my /dev/dsk<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">folder (and format shows > 800 disks, no way we are using that many<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">even with a number of SAN luns, powerpath devices, et cetera…)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But, just wondering *<b>why</b>* does statgrab wade thru all of these<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">for anything other than the ‘disk’ keyword?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">const. cpu. disk. general. mem. page. proc. swap. user.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">…truss shows same behavior for any arg .. first has to sift thru all<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the devices.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(abbreviating output )<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"># truss statgrab cpu.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[…]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">stat("/dev/dsk/c1t5006016139A012D4d39s7", 0xFFBBF208) = 0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">readlink("/dev/dsk/c1t5006016139A012D4d39s7", "../../devices/pci@2,600000/SUNW,emlxs@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w5006016139a012d4,27:h", 1024) = 73<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">stat("/dev/dsk/c3t5006016839A012D4d14s3", 0xFFBBF208) = 0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">readlink("/dev/dsk/c3t5006016839A012D4d14s3", <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[...]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This takes a good 5 – 10 minutes to get thru before it actually gets to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">reporting any cpu stats, by which time the Nagios check has timed out.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I tried upgrading to the latest Solaris package I could find – statgrab 0.17 –<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">but still does the same thing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any ideas?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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