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Hi All
Am trying to Kill Linux process , if the process exceeds CPU threshold.
Below command works in Linux server. But when we add under Linux script in SCOM , it throws error. Please help
Killall -9 <<Processname>>
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Hi @madhavi gunasekar ,
There are many guides out there that explains how to accomplish this, I have prepared a few links for you that I think will help you out:
(Don't pay too much attention to the versions)
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Best regards,
Leon
Thanks , I have used Shell commands which works.
But this software runs only on weekends and its not installed on server. So i have tried to use Perl script below,
kill -9 ps -ef | grep '<<ProcessName>>' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'
I get error when this recovery script runs,
kill: (<<PID>>) - Operation not permitted
Same command works when i run from server.
This error occurs when the user doesn’t have the permissions required to perform a command, make sure your Linux monitoring/action account has sufficient permissions.
You can try running the command with sudo.
I have already tried with sudo , bit i get error
/etc/opt/microsoft/scx/conf/tmpdir/scxLNXTMi: line 1: Sudo: command not found
Depending on what Linux distribution you are running, the sudo might not be installed.
First enable su-mode:
su -
Install sudo by running:
apt-get install sudo -y
If i give the sudo command on server the same script works. It doesnot work only from SCOM.
Sudo is enabled on server.
Your Linux monitoring/action account probably hasen't been configured in the sudoers file, I suggest reading the following links:
Sudoers file is updated. am running the commands on linux using scom account. With the same account i can run the script in linux server. It works without any issue. But using the same account if i run from SCOM task, it fails.
To fully understand your issue, can you provide all the steps you have done to monitor your Linux computer's CPU threshold and how have you created the script to kill the process? Please provide all the steps.
Created Process monitor to generate alert in case CPU exceeds 10%
Recovery task - Added script to kill process
Alert is getting triggered for monitor but the recovery task fails.
First i used shell command "/bin/bash killall -9 <<processname>>" . I got error "/usr/bin/killall: cannot execute binary file"
So i used script
"killall -9 <<processname>>
kill -9 ps -ef | grep '<<ProcessName>>' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'
For both am getting error as "operation not permitted"
Basically , am trying to kill the process from scom. Script works fine when i try to run it from server using scom account.
I'd suggest trying with creating a "UNIX/Linux Shell Command Two State Monitor" in the Authoring > Management Pack Objects > Monitors > Create Unit Monitor > Scripting > Generic > UNIX/Linux Shell Command Two State Monitor or UNIX/Linux Script Two State Monitor.
When you created the monitor, you can select to run using the "UNIX/Linux Action Account" or the "UNIX/Linux Privileged Account", whichever you have configured in your SCOM environment.
Hi Leon
Issue is resolved. I re-configured the Unix/Linux Privileged account . And used this account to run the script. It works now.
Thanks for all your suggestion
Glad to hear!
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