VMware guest server got hung
Issue
- The VMware guest was hung, and many processes running on the server were found in
UN
(uninterruptible) state:
[ 0 01:07:26.780] UN+[UN] PID: 26667 TASK: ffff81052177c100 CPU: 2 COMMAND: "sh"
[ 0 09:57:33.523] UN+[UN] PID: 10641 TASK: ffff8110072e1080 CPU: 3 COMMAND: "java"
[ 1 02:14:54.864] UN+[UN] PID: 7936 TASK: ffff811022b27100 CPU: 3 COMMAND: "java"
[...]
[ 1 04:17:25.839] UN+[UN] PID: 4907 TASK: ffff81103b1590c0 CPU: 3 COMMAND: "kjournald"
[ 1 04:17:26.544] UN+[UN] PID: 2609 TASK: ffff81103b51f820 CPU: 2 COMMAND: "kjournald"
[ 1 04:17:26.782] UN+[UN] PID: 2615 TASK: ffff81103fad10c0 CPU: 2 COMMAND: "kjournald"
[...]
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6
- VMware Virtual Machine
- VMware Virtual Disk
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