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Old 02-21-2017
False alerts

Hi

I have written a script to send email alerts when load of my linux server reaches max point
I keep getting false emails thought the load is normal , looks like same email is generated again and again - called from cron tab

checked if the tempfile is present , no it is not , cleaned after every time scripts runs

what could be the issue?

please suggest

Last edited by rbatte1; 02-22-2017 at 07:53 AM.. Reason: Spelling
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Old 02-21-2017
Hello,

In order for anyone to have a chance of helping you diagnose this, you'll have to provide more information. Without actually seeing the script, it isn't really possible to say what the problem might be. If you could also provide the full 'crontab' entry that is used to run the script, that would be good too. Without these things, anything anyone says is just going to be pure guesswork, which is best avoided if possible.
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Old 02-21-2017
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# 4  
Old 02-23-2017
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# Script to send email alerts to mail box if cpu is more than 90% utilization
LIMIT=90
ALERT="monitoringbox@abc.com"
TEMPFILE=/tmp/temp1
HOSTNAME=`hostname`
rm -f $TEMPFILE
CPU_LOAD=`sar -P ALL 10 1 |grep Average' |awk -F" " '{print 100.0 -$NF}' |cut -d \. -f1`
if [[ $CPU_LOAD -gt $LIMIT ]];
then
echo "CPU is high on $HOSTNAME " >> $TEMPFILE
fi
if [ -e $TEMPFILE ]
then
mail -s " CPU ALERT  " $ALERT < $TEMPFILE
fi
rm -f $TEMPFILE


The above script is working as desired , ran from crontab for every 5 minutes
I also get false alerts cpu is 1% check alert

My linux team thinks it is nagios issue

Last edited by Don Cragun; 02-23-2017 at 07:42 PM.. Reason: Add CODE and ICODE tags.
# 5  
Old 02-23-2017
I don't have sar on the system I use, so it is hard to guess at what might be going on. Furthermore, since you don't preserve the value that is triggering your mail message, we have even less information.

You could reduce the load on your system a little bit, preserve the CPU load value, and get rid of the temp file by changing:
Code:
ALERT="monitoringbox@abc.com"
TEMPFILE=/tmp/temp1
HOSTNAME=`hostname`
rm -f $TEMPFILE
CPU_LOAD=`sar -P ALL 10 1 |grep Average' |awk -F" " '{print 100.0 -$NF}' |cut -d \. -f1`
if [[ $CPU_LOAD -gt $LIMIT ]];
then
echo "CPU is high on $HOSTNAME " >> $TEMPFILE
fi
if [ -e $TEMPFILE ]
then
mail -s " CPU ALERT  " $ALERT < $TEMPFILE
fi
rm -f $TEMPFILE

to:
Code:
ALERT="monitoringbox@abc.com"
HOSTNAME=`hostname`
CPU_LOAD=`sar -P ALL 10 1 | awk -F" " '/Average/{print int(100-$NF)}'`
if [[ $CPU_LOAD -gt $LIMIT ]]
then	echo "CPU is high ($CPU_LOAD) on $HOSTNAME" | mail -s " CPU ALERT" "$ALERT"
fi

Please try this and let us know what mail message you get when the CPU load is not high.
# 6  
Old 02-24-2017
Thank you Don

Yes the script I used which provides the value of CPU and hostsme and date
Sorry I provided my local saved code which I initially started to write was missing that value for CPU usage in email
It will calculate and send the current CPU value when limit breaches
I feel some where a bad email is saved and it is triggered once in a while
I checked var spoil root emails and other folders
Is there any other spot to check and fix
# 7  
Old 02-24-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by anil529
Thank you Don

Yes the script I used which provides the value of CPU and hostsme and date
Sorry I provided my local saved code which I initially started to write was missing that value for CPU usage in email
It will calculate and send the current CPU value when limit breaches
I feel some where a bad email is saved and it is triggered once in a while
I checked var spoil root emails and other folders
Is there any other spot to check and fix
OK. So we know that something isn't working correctly. And, we know that the code you showed us is not the code you're using. So, we know that we have absolutely no idea what is going on. Sorry, but given these conditions, I have absolutely no idea what, if anything, needs to be fixed nor where to look -- other than at your actual code.
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