I think that this is related to the EMC powerpath device driver.


"a_g_lyph@hotmail.com" <a_g_lyph@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<cd8i80$aul@odbk17.prod.google.com>...
> Hello-
>
> Users are complaining of lag on one of the AIX boxes. Seems fine to
> me, in the shell anyway, but running `topas` I see a process 'pp2def'
> using huge amounts of CPU time (anywhere from 30%-60%) and my
> previously ~90% idle system is now 0% idle. I did a find on the entire
> system and can't find a 'pp2def' proggy anywhere. `ps -eaf` doesn't
> show it, yet `ps -k` does, which leads me to believe it's a kernel
> process. Anyone know what it is, what it does, why it might be acting
> like a CPU sink?