Processes using high memory, cpu using unix95

Learn how to get a list of processes consuming high memory or CPU on the kernel in sorted order using unix95. Helpful for troubleshooting high system utilization.

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Listing of processes who are using high memory :

# UNIX95=1 ps -ef -o vsz= -o pid= -o comm= | sort -rnk1 | awk '{ print $1/1024" MB "$2" "$3; }'
749.156 MB 2025 cimprovagt
60.1875 MB 2842 midaemon
56.8672 MB 3616 opcmona
49.3633 MB 6905 cmcld
43.8906 MB 3485 coda
42.9375 MB 2035 cimprovagt
41.043 MB 2372 java
22.875 MB 2039 cimprovagt
21.2578 MB 3414 nsrexecd
18.2617 MB 2617 vxpal
17.2188 MB 2431 vxsvc
16.9297 MB 3264 postgres:

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or

# UNIX95= ps -eo vsz,comm,args | sed 1d | sort -rn | more
 767136 cimprovagt      /opt/wbem/lbin/cimprovagt 0 4 9 root SFMProviderModule
  61632 midaemon        /opt/perf/bin/midaemon
  58232 opcmona         /opt/OV/lbin/eaagt/opcmona
  50548 cmcld           /usr/lbin/cmcld -j
  44944 coda            /opt/OV/lbin/perf/coda
  43968 cimprovagt      /opt/wbem/lbin/cimprovagt 0 4 9 root HPUXFCIndicationProviderModule
  42028 java            /opt/hpservices/jre/opt/java1.4/jre/bin/IA64N/java -Xmx512m -DRunnerValuePairFile=/var/opt/runner/data/valuePairs -cp /opt/runn
  23424 cimprovagt      /opt/wbem/lbin/cimprovagt 0 4 9 root HPUXStorageIndicationProviderModule
  21768 nsrexecd        /opt/networker/bin/nsrexecd
  18700 vxpal           /opt/VRTSobc/pal33/bin/vxpal -a StorageAgent -x
  17632 vxsvc           /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvc -r /etc/vx/isis/Registry -e

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Listing of processes who are using high CPU:

# UNIX95= ps -e -o "vsz pcpu ruser pid stime time state args" | sort -rn |head -10
 767136  0.00 root      2025  Nov 15  1-04:47:22 R /opt/wbem/lbin/cimprovagt 0 4 9 root SFMProviderModule
  61632  0.07 root      2842  Nov 15  11:29:30 R /opt/perf/bin/midaemon
  58232  0.00 root      3616  Nov 15  05:52:05 R /opt/OV/lbin/eaagt/opcmona
  50548  0.14 root      6905  Nov 15  1-05:23:35 R /usr/lbin/cmcld -j
  44944  0.00 root      3485  Nov 15  04:46:17 R /opt/OV/lbin/perf/coda
  43968  0.00 root      2035  Nov 15  05:53:58 R /opt/wbem/lbin/cimprovagt 0 4 9 root HPUXFCIndicationProviderModule
  42028  0.09 root      2372  Nov 15  22:59:12 R /opt/hpservices/jre/opt/java1.4/jre/bin/IA64N/java -Xmx512m -DRunnerValuePairFile=/var/opt/runner/data/valuePairs -cp /opt/runn
  23424  0.00 root      2039  Nov 15  02:26:51 R /opt/wbem/lbin/cimprovagt 0 4 9 root HPUXStorageIndicationProviderModule
  21768  0.00 root      3414  Nov 15  01:22:45 R /opt/networker/bin/nsrexecd
  18700  0.00 root      2617  Nov 15  01:04:36 R /opt/VRTSobc/pal33/bin/vxpal -a StorageAgent -x