Why is scrdaemon taking up so much cpu ?

[Jerry_109]

# uname -a; model
HP-UX fdhp63 B.11.11 U 9000/800/N4000-75

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Hello HP,

I have a process ( 1529 " scrdaemon ") that's taking up 100% of a cpu. Is this "scrdaemon" really needed ?

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root@fdhp63-APSERVER[/root]
# ps -aef | grep 1529
root 1529 1 197 Jun 24 ? 8227:29 scrdaemon
root 21265 1529 0 Sep 20 ? 0:00 /opt/scr/lbin/scrtclsh /opt/scr/lbin/scrgetconf -f /var/opt/scr
root 15009 11577 0 12:42:35 pts/6 0:00 grep 1529
root@fdhp63-APSERVER[/root]
# lsof -p 1529
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
scrdaemon 1529 root cwd DIR 64,0x4 2048 2 /
scrdaemon 1529 root txt REG 64,0x8 69632 8521 /opt (/dev/vg00/opt)
scrdaemon 1529 root mem REG 64,0xf 53248 115 /usr (/dev/vg00/usr)
scrdaemon 1529 root mem REG 64,0x8 61440 8549 /opt (/dev/vg00/opt)
scrdaemon 1529 root mem REG 64,0xf 24576 23578 /usr/lib/libdld.2
scrdaemon 1529 root mem REG 64,0xf 1822720 23201 /usr/lib/libc.2
scrdaemon 1529 root mem REG 64,0xf 253952 23576 /usr/lib/dld.sl
scrdaemon 1529 root mem REG 64,0x12 532 421 /var/spool/pwgr/status
scrdaemon 1529 root 0u CHR 3,0x2 0t0 66 /dev/null
scrdaemon 1529 root 1u CHR 3,0x2 0t0 66 /dev/null
scrdaemon 1529 root 2u CHR 3,0x2 0t0 66 /dev/null
scrdaemon 1529 root 3uw REG 64,0x10 118784 23075 /var (/dev/vg00/var)
scrdaemon 1529 root 4u unix 64,0x12 0t0 419 /var/spool/sockets/pwgr/client1529 (0x8e10b340)
scrdaemon 1529 root 5wW REG 64,0x10 0 20768 /var (/dev/vg00/var)

[Arunvijai_4 · Accepted solution]

Hi Jerry,

You should check this thread : http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=792890

-Arun