SLES 10 SP4 /usr/lib64/zmd/parse-metadata causing high cpu

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Hi,
i ahve a SLES 10 SP4 box where/usr/lib64/zmd/parse-metadata is making high cpu. The complete commandline is:
/usr/lib64/zmd/parse-metadata /var/lib/zmd/zmd.db yum https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES10-SP4-Updates/sles-10-x86_64 /var/cache/zmd/web/files/nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES10-

vm58820-1:~ # rpm -qf /usr/lib64/zmd/parse-metadata libzypp-zmd-backend-7.1.1.0_2.17-0.8.15

I don’t find any related cronjob, and /etc/init.d/novell-zmd is deactivated, although zmd is running and listening:

tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:2544 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 3424/zmd
What is the prupose of zmd ? I remember that in the beginning it was very disliked, Suse had a lot of trouble with it, and i think it’s discontinued. I can’t remember using it anytime. I do all software management (installing, updating) with zypper.
Do i need the zmd packages ?

vm58820-1:~ # rpm -qa|grep -i zmd zmd-inventory-7.3.0-0.4.27 libzypp-zmd-backend-7.1.1.0_2.17-0.8.15 zmd-7.3.0.0-0.20.1

Why is it causing high cpu although i don’t find a cronjob ? I didn’t realize it before, the system is running fine for years. But i just migrated it to a vm and now it’s a bit slow.

Bernd

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Yes, old stuff; replaced by zypper in SLES 11 which is already at SP4 and
already replaced by SLES 12 SP3 (SP3 is nearly out). I think your best
bet is to spend time moving services over to a new system, but we’d ned to
know what this box in order to discuss that more.

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berndgsflinux Wrote in message:
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i ahve a SLES 10 SP4 box where/usr/lib64/zmd/parse-metadata is making
high cpu. The complete commandline is:
/usr/lib64/zmd/parse-metadata /var/lib/zmd/zmd.db yum
https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES10-SP4-Updates/sles-10-x86_64
/var/cache/zmd/web/files/nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES10-

Code:

vm58820-1:~ # rpm -qf /usr/lib64/zmd/parse-metadata

libzypp-zmd-backend-7.1.1.0_2.17-0.8.15

I don’t find any related cronjob, and /etc/init.d/novell-zmd is
deactivated, although zmd is running and listening:

Code:

tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:2544          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      3424/zmd

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Is the suseRegister service enabled?

It’s been a while but on our (then) SLES10 servers we used to do
the following:

/etc/init.d/novell-zmd stop

chkconfig novell-zmd off

chkconfig suseRegister off

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What is the prupose of zmd ? I remember that in the beginning it was
very disliked, Suse had a lot of trouble with it, and i think it’s
discontinued. I can’t remember using it anytime. I do all software
management (installing, updating) with zypper.[/color]

ZMD was the package management system for SLES10 (with zypper
appearing as a technical preview). I can’t recall whether it came
before or after ZENworks Linux Management (ZLM) which used the
same daemon - ZENworks Management Daemon (ZMD).

It’s not just ZMD that was discontinued, SLES10 is no longer
supported by SUSE so no more patches and therefore no reason to
be running the daemon.
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Do i need the zmd packages ?

Code:

vm58820-1:~ # rpm -qa|grep -i zmd

zmd-inventory-7.3.0-0.4.27
libzypp-zmd-backend-7.1.1.0_2.17-0.8.15
zmd-7.3.0.0-0.20.1

Why is it causing high cpu although i don’t find a cronjob ? I didn’t
realize it before, the system is running fine for years. But i just
migrated it to a vm and now it’s a bit slow.[/color]

That’s a good question but IIRC ZMD uses Java so perhaps that’s
the underlying cause?

HTH.

Simon Flood
SUSE Knowledge Partner

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Yes it is.
I deactivated it.

Thanks.

Bernd

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On 25/08/17 15:44, berndgsflinux wrote:
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Yes it is.
I deactivated it.[/color]

Does this appear to have helped?

HTH.

Simon
SUSE Knowledge Partner

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No. But what i posted under https://forums.suse.com/showthread.php?9061-SLES-10-SP4-guest-slowly-in-SLES-11-SP4-host-high-si helped. Same situation.
Nevertheless thanks.

Bernd