On Fri, July 12, 2013 13:34, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am 12.07.2013 16:06, schrieb James B. Byrne: >> >> CentOS-6.4_x86_64 >> >> I have a KVM virtual machine (several actually) which acts as a warm >> spare for another kvm instance running on a different physical host. >> Each hour it backs up the live system using rsync. This morning I >> discovered that the backup instance was running at 99% utilisation >> and that the process consuming the entire virtual cpu was this: >> >> sh -c rpm -q -a --queryformat >> "%{NAME}\n%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\n%{EPOCH}\n%{GROUP}\n%{SUMMARY}\n\n" >> 2>/dev/null >> >> In fact there were two identical instances of these processes, one . . . >> Where is this process started from? What does it do? And why is it >> consuming so much cpu.? >> >> Does anyone here have any ideas? > > rpm-cron-4.8.0-32.el6.noarch > > which contains > > /etc/cron.daily/rpm > > It writes a file which contains a list of installed RPM packages on > the system. Does anyone have any suggestion as why this process would get hung up like this? -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos