I do this adhoc reporting with top remotely/centrally using ssh shared key files (no pw prompt on command line). I've never taken the next step that you suggest of automating the page. I go look when I'm looking for trouble. Seems like an easy tcl/perl/cron to review and move the files around is in order. If you have snmp based enterprise monitoring in place, it could/should be done there also. We use Smarts/InCharge for this, which is this side of wonderful. > ssh stellr@nem top -b -d1 >> nem.la Authorized use only. All activity may be monitored and reported. > cat nem.la load averages: 0.23, 0.37, 0.48 14:42:28 87 processes: 86 sleeping, 1 on cpu Memory: 4096M real, 2070M free, 1411M swap in use, 5821M swap free PID USERNAME THR PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME CPU COMMAND 3135 oracle 11 58 0 0K 0K sleep 60:45 7.72% oracle 14942 oracle 14 58 0 0K 0K sleep 184.3H 1.18% oracle 14950 oracle 1 58 0 0K 0K sleep 54.9H 0.57% oracle 9168 oracle 1 58 0 0K 0K sleep 52:54 0.40% oracle 8211 stellr 1 18 0 1776K 1144K cpu/0 0:00 0.24% top 3141 oracle 1 58 0 0K 0K sleep 61:15 0.20% oracle 8208 root 1 28 0 6816K 2936K sleep 0:00 0.17% sshd 3137 oracle 1 58 0 0K 0K sleep 62:14 0.16% oracle 7831 oracle 1 58 0 0K 0K sleep 55:40 0.13% oracle 3139 oracle 1 58 0 0K 0K sleep 63:09 0.13% oracle 14944 oracle 19 58 0 0K 0K sleep 21.9H 0.03% oracle 1358 root 14 11 0 7192K 6416K sleep 147:47 0.02% picld 3131 oracle 11 58 0 0K 0K sleep 9:15 0.02% oracle 8210 stellr 1 28 0 6816K 2176K sleep 0:00 0.02% sshd 14930 oracle 15 58 0 0K 0K sleep 399:58 0.02% oracle On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 01:17:42PM -0600, Post, Ethan wrote: > This is just for fun, I have a solution but wondering what others would > do. I will post mine later. > > Task: > Monitor load average on a unix host. > > Requirements: > * Notify me via email when load exceeds 8 for more than 60 minutes. > * After initial alert do not alert me again for at least 2 hours unless > the load falls below 8 before the 2 hours expires. > * Log the load to a file for historical purposes. > * Alert me when the load falls back below 8. > > Challenge: > Can you come up with a solution to this problem using existing > scripts/utilities (home grown or otherwise)? Ideally lines/$$ required > to implement the better. Just wondering what others might do. > > -- -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l