But how could two Nagios processes start like that? -- Mark Hennessy
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Owen Berry > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:26 PM > To: Nagios Users mailinglist > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 2.5 and weird problem > > Check the start times of those processes. There should be 1 with the > time that you originally started Nagios. Any others should be pretty > close to the current time, which would indicate they're forked > processes. > > If you suspect multiple Nagios's running, I would stop it the usual > way, wait a bit and make sure everything Nagios related stops, and > then start again. If you have 2 instances running, you might need to > some manual process killing before starting up again. > > Owen > > On 11/30/06, Mark Hennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nothing of note appears. :( > > > > Is it usually the case that when no checks are running that > there would be > > two instances of the Nagios process running? > > > > nagios 53577 90.2 0.1 2840 2064 ?? R 12:37PM 146:50.41 > > /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -d /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg > > nagios 76606 0.0 0.1 3100 2360 ?? Ss 9:40AM 0:54.89 > > /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -d /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg > > > > -- > > Mark Hennessy > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Owen Berry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:16 PM > > > To: Mark Hennessy > > > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 2.5 and weird problem > > > > > > And if you check the Nagios log file - anything catch > your eye? Like > > > lots of a particualr type of event being processed. Just an idea. > > > > > > Owen > > > > > > On 11/30/06, Mark Hennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm running lots of custom plugins, mostly perl scripts. > > > > > > > > ps auxww| grep nagios just shows me two instances of the > > > nagios executable, > > > > nrpe, and apache. > > > > > > > > This one is the one that's currently eating over 90% of my > > > clock cycles: > > > > > > > > nagios 53577 95.1 0.1 2840 2064 ?? R 12:37PM 107:55.00 > > > > /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -d usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg > > > > > > > > Thanks again for your kind attention to this matter! > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Mark Hennessy > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:38 PM > > > > > To: Mark Hennessy; [email protected] > > > > > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 2.5 and weird problem > > > > > > > > > > Also try the following. It is possible a particular command > > > > > that you have > > > > > entered into nagios is hanging. Are you running any > > > > > non-standard plugins? > > > > > > > > > > # ps -aux | grep nagios > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > > > _________________ > > > > > > > > > > Jason Shein > > > > > Network Administrator - Linux Systems > > > > > Iovate Health Sciences Inc. > > > > > 5100 Spectrum Way > > > > > Mississauga, ON L4W 5S2 > > > > > ( 905 ) - 678 - 3119 x 3136 > > > > > 1 - 888 - 334 - 4448, x 3136 (toll-free) > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > Customer Service. Collaboration. Innovation. Efficiency. > > > > > Iovate's Information Technology Team > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > > > _________________ > > > > > > > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: > > > > > THIS ELECTRONIC MAIL TRANSMISSION IS PRIVILEGED AND > > > > > CONFIDENTIAL AND IS > > > > > INTENDED ONLY FOR THE REVIEW OF THE PARTY TO WHOM IT > IS ADDRESSED. > > > > > THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS E-MAIL IS CONFIDENTIAL AND > > > > > IS DISCLOSED > > > > > TO YOU UNDER THE EXPRESS UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WILL NOT > > > DISCLOSE IT > > > > > OR ITS CONTENTS TO ANY THIRD PARTY WITHOUT THE EXPRESS > > > WRITTEN CONSENT > > > > > OF AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER OF IOVATE HEALTH SCIENCES SERVICES > > > > > INC. IF YOU > > > > > HAVE > > > > > RECEIVED THIS TRANSMISSION IN ERROR, PLEASE > IMMEDIATELY RETURN IT > > > > > TO THE SENDER. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > > > _________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Mark Hennessy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > 11/30/2006 02:21 PM > > > > > > > > > > To > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> > > > > > cc > > > > > > > > > > Subject > > > > > Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 2.5 and weird problem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OK, I did that, but perhaps I'm missing something. > > > > > > > > > > The default fields provided for the output of lsof are: > > > > > COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF > > > > > NODE > > > > > NAME > > > > > > > > > > When I grep for "local/nagios" to filter out other things > > > that may be > > > > > running > > > > > as the nagios user, I get: > > > > > nagios 53577 nagios txt VREG 0,83 > > > 376432 5016784 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios > > > > > nagios 53577 nagios 4u VREG 0,83 > > > 6 5017162 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.lock > > > > > nagios 76606 nagios txt VREG 0,83 > > > 376432 5016784 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios > > > > > nagios 76606 nagios 4uW VREG 0,83 > > > 6 5017162 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.lock > > > > > nagios 76606 nagios txt VREG 0,83 > > > 376432 5016784 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios > > > > > nagios 76606 nagios 4uW VREG 0,83 > > > 6 5017162 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.lock > > > > > nagios 76606 nagios txt VREG 0,83 > > > 376432 5016784 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios > > > > > nagios 76606 nagios 4uW VREG 0,83 > > > 6 5017162 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.lock > > > > > nagios 76606 nagios txt VREG 0,83 > > > 376432 5016784 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios > > > > > nagios 76606 nagios 4uW VREG 0,83 > > > 6 5017162 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.lock > > > > > nagios 76606 nagios txt VREG 0,83 > > > 376432 5016784 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios > > > > > nagios 76606 nagios 4uW VREG 0,83 > > > 6 5017162 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.lock > > > > > nagios 76606 nagios txt VREG 0,83 > > > 376432 5016784 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios > > > > > nagios 76606 nagios 4uW VREG 0,83 > > > 6 5017162 > > > > > /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.lock > > > > > > > > > > Thanks again for your kind attention to this matter! > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Mark Hennessy > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf > > > > > > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 1:49 PM > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 2.5 and weird problem > > > > > > > > > > > > Try the following to see what part of the nagios process is > > > > > > consuming all > > > > > > of the resources > > > > > > > > > > > > #lsof | grep nagios | less > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > > > > _________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > Jason Shein > > > > > > Network Administrator - Linux Systems > > > > > > Iovate Health Sciences Inc. > > > > > > 5100 Spectrum Way > > > > > > Mississauga, ON L4W 5S2 > > > > > > ( 905 ) - 678 - 3119 x 3136 > > > > > > 1 - 888 - 334 - 4448, x 3136 (toll-free) > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > Customer Service. Collaboration. Innovation. Efficiency. > > > > > > Iovate's Information Technology Team > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > > > > _________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: > > > > > > THIS ELECTRONIC MAIL TRANSMISSION IS PRIVILEGED AND > > > > > > CONFIDENTIAL AND IS > > > > > > INTENDED ONLY FOR THE REVIEW OF THE PARTY TO WHOM IT IS > > > ADDRESSED. > > > > > > THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS E-MAIL IS CONFIDENTIAL AND > > > > > > IS DISCLOSED > > > > > > TO YOU UNDER THE EXPRESS UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WILL > > > NOT DISCLOSE IT > > > > > > OR ITS CONTENTS TO ANY THIRD PARTY WITHOUT THE EXPRESS > > > > > WRITTEN CONSENT > > > > > > OF AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER OF IOVATE HEALTH SCIENCES SERVICES > > > > > > INC. IF YOU > > > > > > HAVE > > > > > > RECEIVED THIS TRANSMISSION IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY > > > RETURN IT > > > > > > TO THE SENDER. > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > > > > _________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Mark Hennessy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > 11/30/2006 01:40 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > To > > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > > cc > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject > > > > > > [Nagios-users] Nagios 2.5 and weird problem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm using FreeBSD 6.1 and Nagios 2.5 > > > > > > > > > > > > I've just noticed my Nagios 2.5 installation doing > > > something weird. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have just under services being monitored by this instance > > > > > > of Nagios and > > > > > > I > > > > > > see this in top: > > > > > > 53577 nagios 1 119 0 2840K 2064K RUN 0 > > > > > 54:12 87.35% > > > > > > nagios > > > > > > > > > > > > It's been doing that for the past few hours now and the only > > > > > > thing that > > > > > > seems > > > > > > to stop it for a while is to kill all nagios processes and > > > > > > restart nagios. > > > > > > > > > > > > What other information would be required to further > determine > > > > > > the cause of > > > > > > Nagios eating up so much CPU? > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Mark Hennessy > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ----------- > > > > > > Take Surveys. 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