How to identify which processes are consuming %sys CPU in RHEL

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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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