vx_inactive

[Noa Harel]

Hello and happy holidays!
Here is my problem:
I'm running "top" on one of the HPUX-1020, and I get about 70 lines with the process "vx_inactive_" which keeps, each one. 0.02 of my old and cranky CPU. also I noticed every vx_inactive_ is in "sleeping" mode.
What is the vx_inactive? can I kill it?
Thank you!

[Alan Casey]

http://europe-support2.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=5f31807b04a6e807ef/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000030335368

Problem Description

I have one vx_inactive process that is
consuming a large amount of CPU usage.

What is causing this problem?

Configuration Info

Operating System - HP-UX
Version - 10.20
Hardware System - HP 9000
Series - T520

Solution

This is a known problem that was introduced
by the following patch:

PHKL_15479

We recommend that you apply the following
replacement patch and its associated dependencies:

PHKL_16751

Note: Patches can be superseded by subsequent versions;
be sure to load the current version.

[Steven Gillard_2]

These processes are required when you have vxfs (jfs) file systems. If you do not have any such file systems you can remove the vxbase driver from the kernel and the processes will not be started. Check with "bdf -t vxfs". If this command produces no output you can remove vxbase, otherwise you are stuck with it!

FYI all these processes are replaced by the single vxfsd process on HPUX 11.

Regards,
Steve

[Roger Baptiste]

hi,

vx_inactive daemon is a part of the Vxfs filesystem daemons. If you are using vxfs , let it remain. As long as it is not eating CPU resources, it is fine. If it is sitting on top of CPU usage, then you would need to install the patches (for 10.20) mentioned in the other response.

HTH
raj

[Noa Harel]

Thank you,
I am running vxfs.
So I won't touch this proccesses.
Thank you all
Noa