OS Health Checkup Script for DBA's

Introduction:

This Linux shell script will perform the OS level health checkup and displays the output with  related warnings and errors.

Description:

This script will give the output for below.

1) OS information:

Operating system information like OS type, OS version, OS bit version , Kernel version and hostname.

2) Shut down, reboot and up timings:

The system last shutdown time, rebooted time and total uptime of the system.

3) Load average on the system:

The load averages on the system in last 1,5 and 15 minutes.

4) Number of processes:

The details of number of processes on the system.

5) CPU Usage:

The system idle CPU percentage will be displayed and gives alert message if the idle CPU is below 10% and warns if the idle CPU is below 20%.

6) Memory and Swap usage:

Memory and SWAP usage will be displayed and gives the warning if the usage is above 80% and alert if the usage is above 90%.

7) Mount point space usage:

Mount points usage information will be displayed and gives the warning if the any mount point fill to 80% and alerts if the usage is above 90%.

8) Errors messages from /var/log/messages:

It will list the error , warning and failed messages from /var/log/messages.

Platform:

This script is for Linux/Unix Generic platforms. Applicable to OEL 6 or RHEL 6 and below versions of Linux and Unix. 

Download the Script:

Click here to download the shell script.

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Usage:

Run this shell script as root user.
Note: We recommend you to run this script in test environments before proceeding to production environment.

# sh os_healthcheck.sh

Output:

The out put of the script will be as shown below.