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Tagging a process group

SrikanthSamraj — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 06:43:16 GMT

Hi,

I wanted to create an auto tag that tags only a process group running on AIX systems. Please note that this same process group is available on Linux systems too.

At any time, this tag should not be applied to process group running on Linux systems. Any suggestions to achieve this?

Currently, I'm filtering with host tags but this considers process groups running on both AIX and Linux systems. I don't see an option to negate a host tag.

Regards,

Srikanth Samraj

Re: Tagging a process group

Romanenkov_Al3x — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:37:54 GMT

Hi!

You can do it only for process group instance.

Unfortunately have no AIX hosts, This is example for Linux 😉

I would try something like that

type(PROCESS_GROUP_INSTANCE),fromRelationships.isProcessOf(type(HOST),osType("LINUX"))

example rule for linux

With environment API V2 -> /entities/{entityId} <- you can get JSON file to get exact values.

Regards,

Alex Romanenkov

Re: Tagging a process group

Mizső — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:19:12 GMT

Hi @SrikanthSamraj

@Romanenkov_Al3x solution is very nice and the most simple one. I was thinking about it also but in my mind there was a less perfect solution. After type(PROCESS_GROUP_INSTANCE) you can use mzId or mzname mzId("123456789","987654321") or mzName("name-1","name-2") if AIX process goups organized in management zone / zones. I have shared it to demonstrate the beauty of Dynatrace. You can have many solutions. 😉

Best regards,

Mizső

Re: Tagging a process group

SrikanthSamraj — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:38:20 GMT

Thanks for your responses @Romanenkov_Al3x and @Mizső .

If I tend to look for specific process group instance rather than all, in OStype AIX or Linux, how would the "type" statement look like.