How to identify which processes are consuming %sys CPU in RHEL
Issue
- We have a couple systems that are at times showing a very large percentage of CPU being system vs. user.
- Is there a way for us to determine what system level process(es) are consuming the CPU?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- 5.x
- 6.x
- 7.x
- 8.x
- 9.x
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