On Dec 3, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Pascal Robert wrote: > Le 2010-12-03 à 13:26, Ray Kiddy a écrit : > >> >> Hello - >> >> We have a suite of nagios services that we are using to track various things >> about our WebObjects apps. One piece of it is noisier than others and I am >> curious if others see the same things. >> >> I have a simple HTTP check on port 1085 on our application nodes and those >> services are always flapping. We have larger problems with the >> responsiveness of some pieces of our architecture, and I am trying to figure >> out better ways to track what is going on. And it is not clear that if the >> wotaskd is having problems responding, that this leads directly to the >> problems we are having. I suspect that the wotaskd being unresponsive is one >> of the secondary symptoms. But one never knows. >> >> I think that when we transition to better versions of the deployment >> management apps (yes, we are still using Apple's, lame as they are), this >> will probably get easier. >> >> If anyone has a service to watch wotaskd output, what has been learned about >> how to check it? I have set the timeout higher than I think I should. I want >> to parse the output and find more intelligent indicators, but if the >> processes are not even responding to requests, why bother? Does anyone use >> nagios to connect to a JavaMonitor? I cannot decide if that is going to be >> either a good idea or worthwhile. > > We also check wotaskd by doing a simple check on port 1085 with the > "check_http" plugin and we don't get the same behavior that you describe. We > do have a couple of timeouts per year, and every time, it's because of an > application's instance who gone rogue and wotaskd is too busy trying to talk > to that instance.
A hung / busy instance would be my guess as well. wotaskd does not do well in that situation. Chuck -- Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems. http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects
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