[dtrace-discuss] Re: Re: Using DTrace to monitor productions systems

[Andreas.Haas at Sun.COM]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, Nicolas Williams wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 02:27:43PM +0100, Andreas.Haas at Sun.COM wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Andreas.Haas at sun.com wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Dirk Volkmar wrote:
>>>
>>>> The problem with this solution is, that I have to catch the stop and
>>>> starts of the processes and restart the skript.
>>>
>>> I see. Catching 'stop' should be doable ... even though I honestly
>>> couldn't tell how exactly this had to be done in a bullet-proof fashion.
>>
>> Just realized how useful catching daemon finish event would be for
>> our Grid Engine monitor.
>
> What's wrong with using process contracts instead?

Process contracts? I searched for 'contracts' in "Solaris Dynamic 
Tracing Guide" pdf, but got no hits.

Is it a concept on top of Dtrace?

Regards,
Andreas