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High SECD utilization seen with file-directory show

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4/23/2025, 4:22:13 PM

Applies to

ONTAP9

Issue

ONTAP's security daemon (secd) is seen with very high utilization for an extended period of time
  • ps shows CPU is near 100% from SECD:
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME UID PPID C PRI NI MWCHAN COMMAND
root 10887 80.7 0.6 270144 86372 - Rs 12Jan25 555:24.21 0 2597 6 96 0 - /sbin/secd
root 10887 80.6 0.6 270144 86372 - Rs 12Jan25 553:37.33 0 2597 0 96 0 - /sbin/secd
root 10887 80.3 0.6 270144 86372 - Ss 12Jan25 545:49.52 0 2597 6 52 0 select /sbin/secd
root 10887 80.3 0.6 270144 86372 - Rs 12Jan25 552:19.71 0 2597 9 96 0 - /sbin/secd
root 10887 80.1 0.6 270144 86372 - Rs 12Jan25 555:58.46 0 2597 5 96 0 - /sbin/secd
root 10887 80.0 0.6 270144 86372 - Rs 12Jan25 553:35.25 0 2597 1 96 0 - /sbin/secd
root 10887 79.8 0.6 270144 86372 - Ss 12Jan25 546:57.24 0 2597 11 52 0 select /sbin/secd
root 10887 79.6 0.6 270144 86372 - Rs 12Jan25 545:56.93 0 2597 10 96 0 - /sbin/secd
root 10887 79.5 0.6 270144 86372 - Ss 12Jan25 544:05.40 0 2597 8 52 0 select /sbin/secd

 

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