eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by UnixTablesTest

This test monitors critical process, inode, file, and lock tables. If any of these tables reach the OS-specified maximum limit, application programs that use these tables will start to fail. Hence, monitoring the utilization of these tables on a periodic basis is critical. The measures made by the UnixTablesTest are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Process_table_size Number of process entries (proc structures) currently in use Number

This measure will not be available for Linux systems.

Process_table_maxsize Max number of process entries that can exist (the max_nprocs OS parameter setting) Number This measure will not be available for Linux systems.
Process_table_util The percentage of process entries in use currently. Percent A value close to 100% indicates that the system could be running out of process table entries. This measure will not be available for Linux systems.
Inode_table_size Number of inodes in memory currently Number  
Inode_table_maxsize Number of inodes currently allocated in the kernel Number This measure will not be available for Linux systems.
Inode_table_util The percentage of inodes in memory out of the total currently allocated in the kernel Percent This measure will not be available for Linux systems.
File_table_size Number of entries in the open file table Number  
File_table_maxsize The size of the open file table in the kernel Number  
File_table_util The number of entries in the open file table as a percentage of the file table size Percent  
Lock_table_size The shared memory record table entries currently used Number This measure will not be available for Linux and HPUX systems.
Lock_table_maxsize The shared memory record table entries allocated in the kernel Number This measure will not be available for Linux and HPUX systems.
Lock_table_util The number of shared memory record table entries currently used as a % of the total number of entries for this table allocated in the kernel Percent This measure will not be available for Linux and HPUX systems.