mxdtf 100% cpu - New install

[Jim Helfer]

I've just installed the current version of HP S.I.M. using the install package with a default install.

After a restart, TMan is showed a steady CPU climb to 100%, where it has stayed for some time now, and memory usage very high as well.

mxdomainmgr.exe is currently taking aout 84MB of Ram, and mxdtf.exe is consuming 91-98% of the CPU cycles.

Beyond that, none of these programs seems to be _doing_ anything.

The SIM web page loads a blank.

Any advice would be apreciated. I'm just trying to get some data on one of my Proliant servers that may have a failing piece of hardware.

[NJK-Work]

Jim,

I dont remember exactly what the default install entails, but it could be doing a initial scan for new devices. So possibly the server is really busy because of this.

I dont enable automatic scans on my SIM server, so I am not exactly sure how much juice it takes to do this.

You might want to check out your SIM Task Results log and see if anything is currently running (like a scan) that could account for the high CPU usage.

Nelson

[Jim Helfer]

Thanks, but I can't actually get to anything to check any systems. https://localhost:50000/ returns a completely blank page.

CPU has been pegged for over an hour. No apparent action in all that time.

[Jonathan Clark_2]

I had a similar CPU peg issue. I had to uncheck the box that says send SNMP traps on my snmp service, stop and restart it.

[David Claypool]

Jim, you neglect to mention the config of the system...

[Jim Helfer]

Sorry David,

White box PC, 2 Ghz Athlon, 1 Gig Ram.

Windows XP sp2, using MSDE.

Older versions of Compaq Insight Man seemed to run OK on this platform. My only other Compaq/HP machines are servers, and I can't load it there right now for obvious reasons.

[Jim Helfer]

Offending service apears to be the "HP Systems Insight Manager" service- hpsimsvc.exe

I've tried giving it a different (both domain admin) login credentials, but no joy. As soon as the service is started, it pegs CPU. As soon as it is stopped, things go calm.

Wish I knew what to look at next.

[Jim Helfer]

Oh, and single IP segment, <150 hosts, including half-dozen proliant servers, Procurve devices and printers.

[David Claypool]

You're a little light in RAM and disk performance will have a lot to do with it also. On my desk, I run comfortably (not speedily) on an Evo desktop, P4 2GHz, 2GB RAM and a 7200RPM hard disk. 5400RPM is definitely no joy.

[Jim Helfer]

Well, I'm not running this on my desktop PC , I'm running it on a secondary PC dedicated for tasks like this, so desktop performance.

Whatever in the world is this product doing that it can bury the machine for more than an hour, and not manage to accomplish a single thing ?

I wonder if this is the right product for me. I just have a few systems that I need the keep and eye on, I don't want to spend my time here as the First Prime priest of the Sonic Scrutinizer.

I just want to see if my ML530 has thrown out any hardware faults.

[NJK-Work]

Hi Jim,

Myself, I really like the product (except for a few glitches here and there). I would sure hate to have you give up on it already :)

I assume you have rebooted the machine already and it is still doing the same thing?

Nelson

[Jim Helfer]

I couldn't get anywhere on the SIM, so I went back to an earlier version, and that installed OK.

Probably something subtle wrong with my platform here.

Unfortunately, the IM information was not able to give me any useful information about what may be wrong that's cauing my abends.

Thanks everyone