[CentOS] Runaway rpm process?

Alexander Dalloz ad+lists at uni-x.org
Fri Jul 12 17:34:36 UTC 2013


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 the
> parent of the other.
> 
> The vm instance does not have access to the internet as its physical
> host is connected to the physical host of the live kvm using a x-over
> patch cable.
> 
> 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.

Alexander




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