Determining the Number of Zombie Processes running
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 NUK_Process_Container application InfoBox.
BMC PATROL displays the NUK_Process_Container 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 NUK_Process_Container application class so that you can view its parameters.
- Open the ZombieProcessesCount 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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