Using the Event Monitoring Service (June 2007)

Monitoring System Resources
System Monitor Reference
Chapter 7 67
Job Queues
The job queue monitor checks the average number of processes that have
been waiting for CPU and performing disk I/O over the last 1, 5, or 15
minutes. A value of 4 in /system/jobQueue5Min means that at the time
of polling there was an average of 4 jobs in the queue over the last 5
minutes.
The MIB variables computerSystemAvgJobs1,
computerSystemAvgJobs5, and computerSystemAvgJobs15 from the
hp-unix MIB provides the resource value to the monitor.
To verify the load averages on the system, use the uptime (1) command.
The minimum polling interval is 30 seconds. Unless your system load
tends to fluctuate wildly and need load-balancing attention frequently,
set a polling interval greater than or equal to the job queue interval: 1, 5,
and 15 minutes, respectively.
Table 7-3 Interpreting Job Queues
Resource Name
Value
Rang
e
Interpretation
/system/jobQueue1Mi
n
intege
r
average number of jobs in the queue
in the last minute
/system/jobQueue5Mi
n
intege
r
average number of jobs in the queue
in the last 5 minutes
/system/jobQueue15M
in
intege
r
average number of jobs in the queue
in the last 15 minutes