lampert@millipore.com (Jeff Lampert) (05/20/91)
I have five Sequent systems running Dynix and Oracle and have a real problem with runaways. Has anyone discovered a sure fire method of discovering runaways? If I do a 'ps -aux' then cross reference the terminals against a 'who' listing, I can find some of them (like vi, etc.). The problem is that Oracle owns a lot of the stuff in the 'ps' listing, and I can never be sure that it's not a valid process. The runaways usually run at 98.0% CPU, but once in a while a valid Oracle process does too. Argh! I called Sequent and they basically said that I can find them by knowing which processes should be tied to a terminal (like vi, or an Oracle application screen), but who the heck has time to be familiar with every application on every system? Not me... I just got a copy of something called "Watcher" that may do what I need, but I'd like to know how you have solved the problem (or even it it _is_ a problem for you). Thanks in advance! Jeff Lampert (800)221-1975 x2598 lampert@millipore.com