We run multiple SDP instances on a shared servers. Some of the temporary/status files in the metrics root directory were getting used by monitor_metrics.py and monitor_metrics.sh scripts leading to confused/incorrect metrics. In particular these files currently are shared improperly between the multiple SDP instances:

$metrics_root/locks.prom
$metrics_root/tmp_info.dat
$metrics_root/tmp_license
$metrics_root/tmp_filesys
/tmp/mon.out
$metrics_root/pullq.out
$metrics_root/pull-lj.out