Viewing Zombie Processes that Persist on the System
This task displays information about the zombie processes that persist on the system. 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. Processes in this state are also referred to as defunct processes.
To View zombie Processes
- Access the PROCESS application menu as described in Accessing KM Commands and InfoBoxes.
- Select List Zombie Processes. BMC PATROL writes the information to a BMC PATROL task object, List Zombie Processes, in the UNIX OS container.
- Access the List Zombie Processes task object as described in Accessing KM Commands and InfoBoxes and view the results. Your results should resemble this example:
# PSL Serial No.: #########
<NOT INTERACTIVE>
List zombie process
6933 6932 3Supvr Z 0 0 <defunct> ???
---------------- >>>>> DONE <<<<< ----------------
<NOT INTERACTIVE>
List zombie process
6933 6932 3Supvr Z 0 0 <defunct> ???
---------------- >>>>> DONE <<<<< ----------------
Output Format
The output has the following format. The following table defines each field.
pidppiduserssizecputcmd namecmd line
List Zombie Process Command Output Format
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