Need a alert when there is a memory leakage.

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

Need an alert when memory leak happens,

memory leak happens when a process allocates memory but fails to release it. Over time:

• RAM usage keeps increasing
• System slows down or becomes unresponsive
• OOM (Out‑Of‑Memory) Killer may terminate processes

Environment

Release: Any DX UIM

 

Resolution

Currently, there is no direct probe specifically designed to identify memory leaks, as these can stem from multiple causes. Recommend submitting this as a formal Idea or Enhancement Request (ER). https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/12135/how-to-raise-an-enhancement-request-for.html

 

 

In the meantime, can use the processes probe. By creating discovery profiles and setting alarms for all processes, may be able to identify patterns that suggest a memory leak, though this is not definitive. Please keep in mind that high memory consumption does not always indicate a leak.

 

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/395358

 

 

Additionally, have Leak hunter in APM,

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/dx-apm-agents/SaaS/java-agent/advanced-instrumentation/configure-and-use-leakhunter/use-leakhunter-to-detect-memory-leaks.html

 

And with DX Operational Intelligence, can provide predictive analytics. This tool can estimate if a system is likely to run out of memory within a specific timeframe, such as hours or days.