AIX (Agent 2.4.4): proc.num always returns 0

[NOB]

Hi

this discussion is still ongoing, I'm afraid (on AIX 5.3)

Years ago there was a problem with the command-line lenght
of the cmdline part in the /proc filesystem (limit was 80 chars).
Now the new fix is in place, but we don't get any value other than 0
for all existing process we would like to monitor:

$ /usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd -t proc.num[/usr/sbin/inetd]
proc.num[/usr/sbin/inetd]                     [u|0]
$ /usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd -t proc.num[,,run]
proc.num[,,run]                               [u|0]

The same result (0) is shown, if we do a zabbix_get for proc.num[/usr/sbin/inetd] or the zabbix_agentd itself.
Our old work-around using the user-parameters

UserParameter=usr.proc.cntuser[*],ps -fu $1 | grep -c "$2"
UserParameter=usr.proc.cnt[*],ps -eaf |grep -v grep|grep -c "$1"

work well.
Does somebody else see this behaviour with the 2.4.4 agent (or newer) or is it a bug in just this version ?

I found that the limit of MAXCOMLEN (32 chars.) is mentioned in
ZBX-5243 and the code in 3.0.3 looks like the proposed patch.

Thanks in advance for any answer.

Kind regards
Norbert.

[Atsushi]

Please check issue ZBX-9385.

ZBX-9385
agentd for AIX аlways return value 0 for key proc.num[,,run]

https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-9385

This issue fixed at Zabbix 2.4.6.

[NOB]

Hi Atsushi

thanks for your reply.

So the question is: where to get a decent agent for AIX ?
The only one we found on the Zabbix website for AIX is 2.4.4 !

Short of compiling our own, we might use an even older one.

Regards
Norbert.

[Atsushi]

If you want the file does not exist in the download page, you will need to compile it yourself.
Or, If you have a contract that official support, it may be provided by the partners.