check_memory.pl

Project Notes

Usage:
check_memory.pl -p <processname> -w <warning> -c <critical> [-d] [-h]
-w warning threshold in KB
-c critical threshold in KB
-p process name
-h help message
-d debug messages

It summarizes the memory when there a several processes running.

it uses the /proc/<pid>/status page to extract fields.
currently "VmData", "VmStk", "VmExe", "VmLib" and "VmRSS" are extracted.

Example output
WARNING: nscd, memory: 115788 KB | VmData=115700; VmLib=5052; VmRSS=105008; VmExe=104; VmStk=88;