This task describes how to view the total number of processes in zombie state on the system at the present time or in the last couple of hours. By default, BMC PATROL identifies a zombie process as an ended process whose entry remains in the process table but is not assigned to a user or kernel space and does not consume any other resources. You can filter the zombie processes from process monitoring. However, you cannot set an option to alert when the zombie process's matching criteria is found. Processes in this state are also referred to as defunct processes.
To View the Number of Processes now in Zombie Mode
Access the PROCESS application InfoBox as described in Accessing KM Commands and InfoBoxes.
BMC PATROL displays the PROCESS InfoBox, which provides the number of processes in a zombie state in the Number of Zombie Processes field.
PROCESS InfoBox
To View the Number of Processes Recently in Zombie Mode
- Access the PROCESS application class so that you can view its parameters.
- Open the PROCNoZombies parameter.
BMC PATROL displays a graph that shows the number of zombie processes that occurred over the last couple of hours.
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