sar, iostat shows excessive '%util' value for sr0/scd0 device
Issue
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sar, iostat shows excessive
%util
value for sr0/scd0 devices:$ sar -d -p -f /var/log/sa/sa21 Linux 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.x86_64 (testvm) 01/21/2023 _x86_64_ (4 CPU) 12:10:21 AM DEV tps rkB/s wkB/s areq-sz aqu-sz await svctm %util 12:10:21 AM sr0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12:10:21 AM rhel-root 4.89 47.97 21.56 14.23 0.00 0.77 0.49 0.24 12:10:21 AM rhel-swap 0.12 0.48 0.00 4.00 0.00 0.65 0.28 0.00 12:10:21 AM sda 3.09 26.46 21.40 15.51 0.00 0.82 0.47 0.15 12:10:21 AM sr0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7566.38 <--- 12:10:21 AM rhel-root 3.32 25.94 21.40 14.24 0.00 0.83 0.42 0.14 12:10:21 AM rhel-swap 0.13 0.52 0.00 4.00 0.00 0.72 0.42 0.01 12:10:21 AM sda 4.33 23.99 22.62 10.75 0.00 0.64 0.38 0.16 12:10:21 AM sr0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 [...]
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iostat -t -x 10
output:$ less iostat.txt |grep "scd0"|sort -nrk 16,16|head Device r/s w/s rkB/s wkB/s rrqm/s wrqm/s %rrqm %wrqm r_await w_await aqu-sz rareq-sz wareq-sz svctm %util scd0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 306094.18 <--- scd0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 146756.34 <--- scd0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 125112.17 <--- scd0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 55500.75 <--- scd0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 13218.73 <--- [...]
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7
kernel-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
- CD-DVD ROM devices
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