Hi , I'm running kernel 2.6.22.18-vs2.3.0.32 (on x86_64), util-vserver: 0.30.214 I'm having trouble finding 'lost' processes attributed to guest. Basically I have a guest with approx 9 processes (see below) yet vserver-stat reports vastly different numbers, 286 after running for a week or 60 for a freshly started guest. Why are the numbers reported by vserver-stat and ps so different? Where can I find more details on my machine to help me track down these 'lost processes'? Also this issue only happens to some of my guests, on some of them process usage reported by vserver-stat and ps match. Can anyone offer an explanation? Details... Below is the output of vserver-stat for a troublesome guest, A. When guest was discovered 'using too many processes' CTX PROC VSZ RSS userTIME sysTIME UPTIME NAME 221 286 1.7G 38.2M 0m09s60 0m09s16 8d20h10 aptcache B. After a restart (vserver aptcache stop; vserver aptcache start) CTX PROC VSZ RSS userTIME sysTIME UPTIME NAME 221 60 717.9M 13M 0m00s88 0m00s88 0m55s06 aptcache C. And after then running for almost a day CTX PROC VSZ RSS userTIME sysTIME UPTIME NAME 221 95 1.6G 20.1M 0m01s31 0m00s91 21h44m04 aptcache In all cases the actual proccesses reported by either "#ps aux" from within the guest or "#vps aux" from the host were wildly different (see below) ====================== root@aptcache:/# ps aux USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.0 5112 1968 ? Ss Mar12 0:04 /sbin/init syslog 11627 0.0 0.0 12284 764 ? Ss 06:25 0:00 /sbin/syslogd -u syslog root 15893 0.0 0.0 120 32 ? R+ 10:27 0:00 login root 15920 0.0 0.0 16916 2024 pts/1 Ss 10:27 0:00 /bin/bash -login root 16151 0.0 0.0 13984 1072 pts/1 R+ 10:46 0:00 ps aux 107 30636 0.0 0.0 1024944 6220 ? Ssl Mar12 0:01 /usr/sbin/apt-cacher-ng -c /etc/apt-cacher-ng pidfile:/var/run/apt-cacher-ng/pid SocketPa root 30644 0.0 0.0 36264 1240 ? Ss Mar12 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd root 30662 0.0 0.0 17792 832 ? Ss Mar12 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron root 30671 0.0 0.0 51240 2788 ? Ss Mar12 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -DSSL www-data 30673 0.0 0.0 50980 1936 ? S Mar12 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -DSSL www-data 30676 0.0 0.0 274768 3424 ? Sl Mar12 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -DSSL www-data 30679 0.0 0.0 274768 3400 ? Sl Mar12 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -DSSL ======================== OR ======================== # vps aux|grep aptcache klog 11627 221 aptcache 0.0 0.0 12284 764 ? Ss 06:25 0:00 /sbin/syslogd -u syslog root 16161 0 MAIN 0.0 0.0 5128 820 ? S+ 10:48 0:00 grep aptcache 107 30636 221 aptcache 0.0 0.0 1024944 6220 ? Ssl Mar12 0:01 /usr/sbin/apt-cacher-ng -c /etc/apt-cacher-ng pidfile:/var/run/apt-cacher-ng/pid SocketPath:/var/run/apt-cacher-ng/socket foreground:0 root 30644 221 aptcache 0.0 0.0 36264 1240 ? Ss Mar12 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd root 30662 221 aptcache 0.0 0.0 17792 832 ? Ss Mar12 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron root 30671 221 aptcache 0.0 0.0 51240 2788 ? Ss Mar12 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -DSSL www-data 30673 221 aptcache 0.0 0.0 50980 1936 ? S Mar12 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -DSSL www-data 30676 221 aptcache 0.0 0.0 274768 3424 ? Sl Mar12 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -DSSL www-data 30679 221 aptcache 0.0 0.0 274768 3400 ? Sl Mar12 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -DSSL ======================== ~# vserver-info Versions: Kernel: 2.6.22.18-vs2.3.0.32 VS-API: 0x00020302 util-vserver: 0.30.214; Nov 1 2007, 03:33:19 Features: CC: gcc, gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 20071014 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-3) CXX: g++, g++ (GCC) 4.2.3 20071014 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-3) CPPFLAGS: '' CFLAGS: '-Wall -g -O2 -std=c99 -Wall -pedantic -W -funit-at-a-time' CXXFLAGS: '-g -O2 -ansi -Wall -pedantic -W -fmessage-length=0 -funit-at-a-time' build/host: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Use dietlibc: yes Build C++ programs: yes Build C99 programs: yes Available APIs: v13,net,v21,v22,v23,netv2 ext2fs Source: e2fsprogs syscall(2) invocation: alternative vserver(2) syscall#: 236/glibc Paths: prefix: /usr sysconf-Directory: /etc cfg-Directory: /etc/vservers initrd-Directory: $(sysconfdir)/init.d pkgstate-Directory: /var/run/vservers vserver-Rootdir: /var/lib/vservers Assumed 'SYSINFO' as no other option given; try '--help' for more information. ==== thanks, Jason