lldpd High Resource Usage?

kpmedia

• January 17, 2014 11:53

lfd on server: Excessive resource usage: _lldpd (3094 (Parent PID:3092)) Time: Fri Jan 17 09:00:14 2014 -0600 Account: _lldpd Resource: Process Time Exceeded: 50661 > 2400 (seconds) Executable: /usr/sbin/lldpd Command Line: /usr/sbin/lldpd PID: 3094 (Parent PID:3092) Killed: No
What would cause this? And then what's the fix? It's been happening almost on the hour for 12 hours now: [LIST]

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9:37 < when it started

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 17, 2014 16:58

  Hello :) This is not a process that is related to cPanel. It's a package that is installed on your OS. You can find more information on this process at: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_Layer_Discovery_Protocol]Link Layer Discovery Protocol Thank you.

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  kpmedia

  • January 17, 2014 17:48

  That doesn't help too much. I've never heard of this, and have no idea what would cause it. Even after reading the link, I still have no idea what it is. It doesn't happen often, but it seriously reads like "blah blah blah" to me.

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 17, 2014 18:11

  The following external URL may also be of help to you: [url=http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/23766156/dir/centos_5/com/lldpd-0.7.6-2.1.x86_64.rpm.html]RPM CentOS 5 lldpd 0.7.6 x86_64 rpm It provides a little more detail on it's actual interaction with your OS. I suggest consulting with your data center or hosting provider to determine if the package is necessary on your particular system. Thank you.

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  kpmedia

  • January 21, 2014 19:02

  I have no idea why this was installed on my dedicated server. It came that way from the host. I've removed it. The server appears to still be fine. I compared it to my others, and none had this service. Not sure why nobody anywhere (WHT, host, cPanel, etc) ever mentioned this possibility. It doesn't happen often, but I felt light a deer in headlights.

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