We have had that happen when the unix load average increased, and there were emails going out. sendmail stops at a certain load average, and kept spawning off more and more processes, increasing the load average even more.
But, when it slows down, the easist thing is to drop to unix, and run the "top" command to show you the processes that are using cpu usage. George > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Curt Stewart > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 9:05 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: [U2] Extreme slow down on Universe periodically > > Has anyone in the group experienced this issue and found a resolution? > > My client is reporting the periodic slow down of their system. It > slows > down to almost the point of a hang. This affects both existing > processes > (menu selections, data entry, reports) and logins. Their system admins > (IBM) reports that it is a Universe or application problem. I haven't > been > able to identify any runaway processes or hogs. The log files that > I've > looked at haven't shed any light on the matter. Could there be a log > file > that I'm overlooking that might need to be cleared? But if it's an > undersized file, why wouldn't it be a consistent problem? I'm hoping > that > the group might be able to suggest some things to look at and > consider. > > Any and all suggestions would be appreciated. > > Environment > Universe 10.2.10 > Windows Server 2003 > Virtual Machine (sorry don't know any details on this > component) > 34 user license, only about 15 active > > Thanks for your help. > > Curt Stewart > TRI-SYS Consulting > > > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
