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IV59807: CHANGE LINUX_HIGH_ZOMBIES SITS TO AVOID COUNT FUNCTION

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • This is internal APAR associated to defect 209773:
    
    In large  environments customers are used to disable the Linux
    agent Linux_High_Zombies and Linux_High_Zombie_2 situations.
    These situations use the COUNT function to count the number
    of processes in the Zombie state.
    
     Linux_High_Zombies
      IF VALUE Linux_Process.State EQ Zombie AND
         COUNT Linux_Process.State GT 20
    
     Linux_High_Zombies_2
      IF VALUE KLZ_Process.State EQ Zombie AND
         COUNT KLZ_Process.Parent_Process_ID GT 20
    
    Because they use the COUNT group function, potentially hundreds
    of process rows are sent to the RTEMS for evaluation, causing
    high CPU , memory and network overhead in large environments.
    

Local fix

  • Disable Linux_High_Zombies and Linux_High_Zombies_2
    situations, or manually rewrite them as below:
    
    The Linux System Statistics attribute group has a
    Processes_Zombie_Count attribute that can be tested
    without requiring use of the COUNT function so that
    these situations definitions' can be rewritten as:
    
     Linux_High_Zombies
      IF VALUE Linux_System_Statistics.Processes_Zombie_Count GT 20
    
     Linux_High_Zombies_2
      IF VALUE KLZ_System_Statistics.Processes_Zombie_Count GT 20
    

Problem summary

  • Linux_High_Zombies and Linux_High_Zombie_2 situations may
    produce excessive workload on the server.  Because of the usage
    of the COUNT function in the formulas of these two
    out-of-the-box situations their evaluation takes place on the
    Tivoli Enterprise Management Server (TEMS), instead that on the
    agent side, and this can cause overheads in CPU, memory and
    network especially in case of large environments.
    Linux_High_Zombies in particular is an autostarted situation and
     the above risks are present by default.
    

Problem conclusion

  • Predicates of these situations reworked to avoid the COUNT
    function.
    
    
    The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
    packages:
    
      | fix pack | 6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0003
    

Temporary fix

  • Edit the situations to exploit the
    KLZ_System_Statistics.Processes_Zombie_Count attribute in place
    of the COUNT function.
    

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV59807

  • Reported component name

    TEMS

  • Reported component ID

    5724C04MS

  • Reported release

    630

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2014-04-28

  • Closed date

    2014-05-23

  • Last modified date

    2014-08-08

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    TEMS

  • Fixed component ID

    5724C04MS

Applicable component levels

  • R630 PSY

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 August 2014