Too many zabbix processes running

[banderas20]

Hello,

I have configured Zabbix on Debian and when I run the zabbix_server script, I come up with these many processes:

alberto   3737  0.0  0.2 157080  2552 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server
alberto   3739  0.0  0.1 157080  1040 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: configuration syncer [waiting 60 sec for processes]
alberto   3740  0.0  0.1 157080  1256 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: db watchdog [synced alerts config in 0.003426 sec, idle 60 sec]
alberto   3741  0.0  0.1 157420  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: poller #1 [got 0 values in 0.000012 sec, idle 5 sec]
alberto   3742  0.0  0.1 157420  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: poller #2 [got 0 values in 0.000015 sec, idle 5 sec]
alberto   3743  0.0  0.1 157420  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: poller #3 [got 0 values in 0.000013 sec, idle 5 sec]
alberto   3744  0.0  0.1 157420  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: poller #4 [got 0 values in 0.000014 sec, idle 5 sec]
alberto   3745  0.0  0.1 157420  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: poller #5 [got 0 values in 0.000014 sec, idle 5 sec]
alberto   3746  0.0  0.1 157420  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: unreachable poller #1 [got 0 values in 0.000011 sec, idle 5 sec]
alberto   3747  0.0  0.1 157080  1272 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: trapper #1 [processed data in 0.000000 sec, waiting for connection]
alberto   3748  0.0  0.1 157080  1272 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: trapper #2 [processed data in 0.000000 sec, waiting for connection]
alberto   3749  0.0  0.1 157080  1272 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: trapper #3 [processed data in 0.000000 sec, waiting for connection]
alberto   3750  0.0  0.1 157080  1272 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: trapper #4 [processed data in 0.000000 sec, waiting for connection]
alberto   3751  0.0  0.1 157080  1272 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: trapper #5 [processed data in 0.000000 sec, waiting for connection]
alberto   3752  0.0  0.1 157416  1040 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: icmp pinger #1 [got 0 values in 0.000021 sec, idle 5 sec]
alberto   3753  0.0  0.1 157080  1256 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: alerter [sent alerts: 0 success, 0 fail in 0.000437 sec, idle 30 sec]
alberto   3754  0.0  0.1 157080  1040 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: housekeeper [startup idle for 30 minutes]
alberto   3755  0.0  0.1 157080  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: timer #1 [processed 0 triggers, 0 events in 0.000000 sec, 0 maintenances in 0.000000 sec, idle 20 sec]
alberto   3756  0.0  0.1 157080  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: http poller #1 [got 0 values in 0.000426 sec, idle 5 sec]
alberto   3757  0.0  0.1 157080  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: discoverer #1 [processed 0 rules in 0.000223 sec, idle 60 sec]
alberto   3758  0.0  0.1 157080  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: history syncer #1 [synced 0 items in 0.000011 sec, idle 5 sec]
alberto   3759  0.0  0.1 157080  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: history syncer #2 [synced 0 items in 0.000012 sec, idle 5 sec]
alberto   3760  0.0  0.1 157080  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: history syncer #3 [synced 0 items in 0.000008 sec, idle 5 sec]
alberto   3761  0.0  0.1 157080  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: history syncer #4 [synced 0 items in 0.000008 sec, idle 5 sec]
alberto   3762  0.0  0.1 157080  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: escalator [processed 0 escalations in 0.000070 sec, idle 3 sec]
alberto   3763  0.0  0.1 157080  1268 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: proxy poller #1 [exchanged data with 0 proxies in 0.000018 sec, idle 5 sec]
alberto   3764  0.0  0.1 157080  1044 ?        S    17:23   0:00 ./zabbix_server: self-monitoring [processed data in 0.000004 sec, idle 1 sec]
root      3779  0.0  0.0   8028   888 pts/0    S+   17:23   0:00 grep zabbix

¿Is this normal?

Thanks!

[kloczek]

Is this normal?

Yes if you are using passive monitoring. Switch to active one (change all item types to "zabbix agent (active)" and stop using on agents Server and start using ServerAtive)

[banderas20]

Yes if you are using passive monitoring. Switch to active one (change all item types to "zabbix agent (active)" and stop using on agents Server and start using ServerAtive)

So, ¿should I switch to active in EVERY host monitored to have a single zabbix_server, or do I have to touch something in the server side?

Thanks a million!

[kloczek]

So, ¿should I switch to active in EVERY host monitored to have a single zabbix_server, or do I have to touch something in the server side?

Thanks a million!

Using active agent monitoring means that agent is initiating connection to srv/prx so this part must be changed on every agent.
First try to change all items to "zabbix agent (active)" type. This part can be done centrally from srv.

[banderas20]

First try to change all items to "zabbix agent (active)" type. This part can be done centrally from srv.

¿Where exactly can I change this option?

[kloczek]

Add in your web browser to your web frontend base url:

items.php?form_refresh=1&filter_type=0&filter_value_type=-1&filter_state=-1&filter_delay=&filter_status=-1&filter_application=&filter_history=&filter_with_triggers=-1&filter_name=&filter_trends=&filter_templated_items=0&filter_key=&filter_set=Filter

This will give you list of all untemplated items which as item type have "zabbix agent"
mark all of them and do mass update changing type to "zabbix agent (active)"

[banderas20]

Thank you so much! Very kind of you!

[kloczek]

Thank you so much! Very kind of you!

Do you see improvement after changing type of items type to active?
This filter which I gave you should list all item used on lowest level in templates so after apply mass update you should not have at all "zabbix agent" items.

[banderas20]

I haven't had the chance to test it yet. I'll tell you whenever I can.

Thanks!