User's Guide

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Monitoring System Resources
System Monitor Reference
Number of Users
The number of users tells you how many users are logged in to a given system.
The MIB variable computerSystemUsers from the hp-unix MIB provides the
resource value to the monitor.
To verify the number of users on the system, use the uptime (1) command.
Table 5-1 Interpreting Number of Users
Alerts for number of users can be used to check number of users on the system to
determine the best time to run backups or other maintenance, or to disallow more
than a certain number of users on a given system for load-balancing.
The minimum polling interval is 30 seconds. We recommend a longer interval; short
polling intervals may adversely affect system performance.
Resource Name Value Range Interpretation
/system/numUsers integer Total number of users logged in to the node.