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100% Disk Utilization on Idle System Shown in iostat (Doc ID 2470349.1)

Last updated on JULY 13, 2021

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.8 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [4.1.12] and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

On : Oracle Linux 6.8 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel version 4.1.12-37.6.2.el6uek.x86_64

100% disk utilization on idle system shown in iostat:

Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s    rkB/s     wkB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await r_await w_await  svctm  %util

xvdb              0.00     0.00      0.00    0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00    15.00        0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   100.00

 

Cause

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