SURVIVOR: load Check Module
About load
basics
Module Type Scheduler Remote
check Yes Yes
syntax
     module load {
       [warn <number>]
       [prob <number>]
       [warn5 <number>]
       [prob5 <number>]
       [warn15 <number>]
       [prob15 <number>]
     }
     [via <transport>]
 

Dependencies

  • Executables
    • Linux distributions lacking the rup command may need to install the rup (or rstat-client) package. Failing that, this module may still be used as a remote module.

Arguments

Name Type Value
warn optional number between zero and infinity Minimum one minute load average required to generate a warning.
prob optional number between zero and infinity Minimum one minute load average required to generate a problem.
warn5 optional number between zero and infinity Minimum five minute load average required to generate a warning.
prob5 optional number between zero and infinity Minimum five minute load average required to generate a problem.
warn15 optional number between zero and infinity Minimum fifteen minute load average required to generate a warning.
prob15 optional number between zero and infinity Minimum fifteen minute load average required to generate a problem.

At least one warn or prob value must be provided. A value of zero will prevent a warning or problem from being generated for that test.

Description

The load module determines the one, five, and/or fifteen minute load average on the host to be checked. In order to determine the load, the module executes rup when used as a scheduler module and uptime when used as a remote module.

Examples

  1. To generate a warning when the one minute load exceeds 10 or a problem when the one minute load exceeds 20:
         module load {
           warn 10
           prob 20
         }
         

$Date: 2006/11/19 19:13:49 $
$Revision: 0.7 $
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