command top error

[Alfredo_9]

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

[Michael Tully · Accepted solution]

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

[Chris Wilshaw]

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.

[George Abraham_1]

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