Currently the MeasuredElementName property for UnixProcess metrics only contains the pid. If we append the process name as well the value becomes more informative to human consumers.
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This change is disruptive to consumers who process metrics directly through the gatherers C API. The fix previously checked in changed the format of the underlying resource ID which should not change without careful consideration.
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Adds process name to MeasuredElementName property
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This Tracker item was closed automatically by the system. It was
previously set to a Pending status, and the original submitter
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the administrator of this Tracker).
This change is disruptive to consumers who process metrics directly through the gatherers C API. The fix previously checked in changed the format of the underlying resource ID which should not change without careful consideration.
Reverting metricUnixProcess.c to version 1.13 in CVS.
Consumer should traverse the association to the Linux_UnixProcess instance to determine discover more info about the process in question.