topic Re: command top error in Operating System - HP-UX

command top error

Alfredo_9 — Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:16:56 GMT

hello,

i'm trying to write a script that gives me the cpu load of my server. i thought of using the command top in my script but i get the following error :
top: /dev/ksyms is not a 32-bit kernel namelist
kvm_open: Error 0
what does it mean ?

thank you
alfredo

Re: command top error

Michael Tully — Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:33:02 GMT

Hi,

You'd be better off using the output of 'sar' to get this type of information. As 'top' is mostly interactive could cause this type of error (without seeing the script). Another tool is glance + which does cost, but there is a free trial version.

Michael

Re: command top error

Chris Wilshaw — Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:00:43 GMT

If you really want to use top, you can, by redirecting the output to a file

eg:

top -d 1 -f

Will produce 1 screens worth of top output in the file .

If it's just the load average you're after, you could also use the uptime command.

Chris.

Re: command top error

George Abraham_1 — Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:39:42 GMT

hai

This is a useful link which give some scripts for system monitoring.. pick the one you like
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x026250011d20d6118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

keep smiling
george