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EM 13.4: Agent Perl (pstats.pl) Process Consuming High CPU Usage (Doc ID 2835474.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 28, 2022

Applies to:

Enterprise Manager for Oracle Database - Version 13.4.0.0.0 to 13.4.1.0.0 [Release 13c to 13.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

EM 13.4 agent perl process causing high CPU usage on the server intermittently.

From top command output, pstats.pl script is the top consumer.

Example:

oracle 8437 1 99 2021 ? 213566-13:33:16 /u01/app/oem_agent/agent_13.4.0.0.0/perl/bin/perl /u01/app/agent/agent_13.4.0.0.0/plugins/oracle.sysman.db.agent.plugin_13.4.1.0.0/scripts/streams/pstats.pl
oracle 27487 1 99 2021 ? 213575-21:11:24 /u01/app/oem_agent/agent_13.4.0.0.0/perl/bin/perl /u01/app/agent/agent_13.4.0.0.0/plugins/oracle.sysman.db.agent.plugin_13.4.1.0.0/scripts/streams/pstats.pl
oracle 69330 1 99 2021 ? 213575-19:36:44 /u01/app/oem_agent/agent_13.4.0.0.0/perl/bin/perl /u01/app/agent/agent_13.4.0.0.0/plugins/oracle.sysman.db.agent.plugin_13.4.1.0.0/scripts/streams/pstats.pl

Cause

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