Server rebooted with error message 'VCS CRITICAL V-16-1-50086 CPU usage on server1 is 99%'

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Issue

  • Server rebooted with error message 'VCS CRITICAL V-16-1-50086 CPU usage on server1 is 99%'
From /var/log/messages : 

Apr 24 22:11:23 server1 Had[18854]: VCS CRITICAL V-16-1-50086 CPU usage on server1 is 99% 
Apr 24 22:59:44 server1 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.                               <===
Apr 24 22:59:44 server1 kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Apr 24 22:59:44 server1 kernel: Linux version 2.6.18-308.1.1.el5 (mockbuild@hs20-bc2-3.build.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)) #1 SMP Fri Feb 17 16:51:01 EST 2012
  • Why CPU utilization is high on the system ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • HP ProLiant
  • VCS 5.0MP3

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