Snapmirror causes high CPU utilization
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- SnapMirror
Issue
- Monitoring systems trigger alerts for high CPU on one or more storage nodes
Example:
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- Unified manager:
Node Utilization Warning Threshold Breached,Node Utilization Warning Threshold Breached it is currently now 100%message during SnapMirror replication. - Logic Monitor:
NetApp Node ClusterA-01 is reporting high CPU utilization of 99.4376 %, placing the node into critical state.
- Unified manager:
- High CPU utilization observed with no front-end workload
- The following alert raises:
CPU Usage (USE over 95%) NG <DC=[DC name] HOST=[HOST name] IPADDRESS=[192.168.0.10] TAG_Resource=[Resource ID] xSLAkey=[MyPocket_ServerResourceCPUUsageU]>
[POLLING DATE: 2026/05/05 18:00:04 VALUE: 95]
