item definition on zabbix_agentd.conf: UserParameter=UserP.procmem[*], ps aux |grep $1 |grep -v "grep" |awk '{sum+=$$6} END {print sum}' key for graphed item: UserP.procmem[zabbix_server] processes with memory issue are pollers: [root@gvquest ~]# ps aux |grep zabbix_server |grep -v "grep" |awk '{sum+=$6} END {print sum}' 802392 [root@gvquest ~]# ps aux | grep zabbix_server root 1853 0.0 0.0 4092 668 pts/1 S+ 14:34 0:00 grep zabbix_server zabbix 7313 0.0 0.0 301276 1740 ? SN Jan27 0:00 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7316 0.1 0.1 301276 5052 ? SN Jan27 13:35 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7319 0.0 0.0 301276 1244 ? SN Jan27 0:05 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7320 0.7 2.6 369824 97244 ? SN Jan27 65:50 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7321 0.7 2.6 369528 96956 ? SN Jan27 65:32 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7322 0.7 2.6 370560 97980 ? SN Jan27 66:31 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7323 0.7 2.6 370144 97568 ? SN Jan27 66:06 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7324 0.7 2.7 370724 98144 ? SN Jan27 66:35 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7325 0.0 0.5 303932 19268 ? SN Jan27 1:49 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7326 0.0 0.5 303932 19236 ? SN Jan27 1:48 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7327 0.0 0.5 303932 19320 ? SN Jan27 1:48 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7328 0.0 0.5 301716 21716 ? SN Jan27 2:52 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7329 0.0 0.6 301716 21840 ? SN Jan27 2:53 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7330 0.0 0.6 301716 21844 ? SN Jan27 2:52 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7331 0.0 0.6 301716 21840 ? SN Jan27 2:52 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7332 0.0 0.5 301716 21764 ? SN Jan27 2:54 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7333 0.0 0.0 301900 1208 ? SN Jan27 0:04 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7334 0.0 0.0 301280 1352 ? SN Jan27 0:05 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7335 0.2 0.0 301276 1260 ? SN Jan27 19:23 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7336 0.0 0.0 301340 1420 ? SN Jan27 0:16 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7337 0.0 0.3 302544 11748 ? SN Jan27 1:44 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7338 0.0 0.0 303584 2044 ? SN Jan27 0:05 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7339 0.0 0.7 301796 28256 ? SN Jan27 2:35 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7340 0.0 0.7 301804 28396 ? SN Jan27 2:37 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7341 0.0 0.7 301808 28444 ? SN Jan27 2:33 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7342 0.0 0.7 301800 28316 ? SN Jan27 2:36 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7343 0.0 0.0 301336 1356 ? SN Jan27 0:09 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7344 0.0 0.0 301584 1208 ? SN Jan27 0:04 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7345 0.0 0.0 301584 1208 ? SN Jan27 0:04 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7346 0.0 0.0 301584 1208 ? SN Jan27 0:04 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7347 0.0 0.0 301276 1208 ? SN Jan27 0:04 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf zabbix 7348 0.0 0.0 301276 1004 ? SN Jan27 0:05 /sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf [root@gvquest ~]# 7313:20120127:113232.495 Starting Zabbix Server. Zabbix 1.8.10 (revision 24303). 7313:20120127:113232.495 ****** Enabled features ****** 7313:20120127:113232.495 SNMP monitoring: YES 7313:20120127:113232.495 IPMI monitoring: YES 7313:20120127:113232.495 WEB monitoring: YES 7313:20120127:113232.496 Jabber notifications: NO 7313:20120127:113232.496 Ez Texting notifications: YES 7313:20120127:113232.496 ODBC: NO 7313:20120127:113232.496 SSH2 support: YES 7313:20120127:113232.496 IPv6 support: NO 7313:20120127:113232.496 ****************************** 22046:20120127:113234.585 syncing history data... 7316:20120127:113236.398 server #1 started [configuration syncer #1] 7319:20120127:113236.716 server #2 started [db watchdog #1] 7328:20120127:113236.831 server #11 started [trapper #1] 7329:20120127:113236.833 server #12 started [trapper #2] 7330:20120127:113236.834 server #13 started [trapper #3] 7331:20120127:113236.835 server #14 started [trapper #4] 7332:20120127:113236.839 server #15 started [trapper #5] 7333:20120127:113236.841 server #16 started [icmp pinger #1] 7334:20120127:113236.844 server #17 started [alerter #1] 7335:20120127:113236.848 server #18 started [housekeeper #1] 7335:20120127:113236.848 executing housekeeper 7336:20120127:113236.849 server #19 started [timer #1] 7337:20120127:113236.850 server #20 started [http poller #1] 7339:20120127:113236.856 server #22 started [history syncer #1] 7342:20120127:113237.107 server #25 started [history syncer #4] 7343:20120127:113237.108 server #26 started [escalator #1] 7344:20120127:113237.109 server #27 started [ipmi poller #1] 7345:20120127:113237.110 server #28 started [ipmi poller #2] 7346:20120127:113237.110 server #29 started [ipmi poller #3] 7341:20120127:113237.111 server #24 started [history syncer #3] 7340:20120127:113237.150 server #23 started [history syncer #2] 7348:20120127:113237.210 server #31 started [self-monitoring #1] 7313:20120127:113237.210 server #0 started [main process] 7347:20120127:113237.150 server #30 started [proxy poller #1] 7326:20120127:113237.837 server #9 started [unreachable poller #2] 7338:20120127:113237.852 server #21 started [discoverer #1] 7320:20120127:113237.876 server #3 started [poller #1] 7322:20120127:113237.905 server #5 started [poller #3] 7324:20120127:113237.956 server #7 started [poller #5] 7323:20120127:113238.066 server #6 started [poller #4] 7325:20120127:113238.108 server #8 started [unreachable poller #1] 7327:20120127:113238.143 server #10 started [unreachable poller #3] 7321:20120127:113238.173 server #4 started [poller #2]