Sample output: 
 
 
Checks: Check the first lines for tasks putting a heavy load on the server. The output is refreshed; a few 
iterations should  reveal which processes  stay in the top list. From the  PIDs,  you may use  ps  (described 
below) to find out the components names. 
Thresholds: A process using steadily more than 10% of CPU share is suspicious, so does a process using 
too much memory, be it physical or virtual (use “m” to show memory-consuming processes in the top list) 
20.3.2 pstree - Processes hierarchy 
User: htuser 
Command: pstree 
Checks: Check quickly for unusual processes and/or lack of usual processes. 
Sample output:  
 
 
20.3.3 ps - Processes list 
User: htuser 
Command: ps auxwww , ps -edf 
Sample output 1: 
 
pstree 
init─┬─DaemonManager─┬─A4400AlarmRcvr───15*[{A4400AlarmRcvr}] 
│ ├─Cmisd───5*[{Cmisd}] 
│ ├─ComServer───11*[{ComServer}] 
│ ├─GCSAdmin───16*[{GCSAdmin}] 
│ ├─GCSConfig───12*[{GCSConfig}] 
│ ├─InternalAlarmRc───10*[{InternalAlarmRc}] 
│ ├─NotificationPro───10*[{NotificationPro}] 
│ └─3*[{DaemonManager}] 
├─NSSserver───25*[{NSSserver}] 
├─XMCoConfig───28*[{XMCoConfig}] 
├─XMConfigManager───53*[{XMConfigManager}] 
top - 15:01:17 up 7 days, 20:33, 1 user, load average: 1.62, 1.32, 1.07 
Tasks: 405 total, 1 running, 404 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie 
Cpu(s): 0.8%us, 1.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 98.1%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st 
Mem: 16436692k total, 15944312k used, 492380k free, 452460k buffers 
Swap: 18513912k total, 148k used, 18513764k free, 4850912k cached 
PID  USER  PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR  S %CPU  %MEM  TIME+ COMMAND 
902  root  18  0  832m  313m  12m  S  2.0  2.0  50:39.79 java 
9735  htuser  18  0  680m  17m  2388  S  1.0  0.1  0:41.74 httpd 
12753  htuser  15  0  13000  1352  820  R  1.0  0.0  0:00.18  top 
7471  root  15  0  84836  41m  11m  S  0.7  0.3  31:52.58 sip_server 
29599  root  20  0  969m  526m  9.9m  S  0.7  3.3  31:30.79 java 
674  root  21  0  858m  319m  11m  S  0.3  2.0  26:49.56 java 
833  root  10  -5  0  0  0  S  0.3  0.0  5:12.47 kjournald 
1114  htuser  20  0  292m  47m  7860  S  0.3  0.3  1:44.76 java 
3378  htuser  15  0  139m  4732  3948  S  0.3  0.0  3:00.91  NotificationPro 
3390  htuser  15  0  155m  33m  32m  S  0.3  0.2  0:12.73  postmaster 
3393  htuser  15  0  115m  1664  320  S  0.3  0.0  3:57.26 postmaster 
4933  htuser  15  0  172m  28m  11m  S  0.3  0.2  1:25.55 postmaster 
6158  root  20  0  126m  20m  13m  S  0.3  0.1  17:43.89  NSSserver 
30514  htuser  23  0  298m  54m  7980  S  0.3  0.3  2:02.22 java 
32393  htuser  19  0  315m  101m  9460  S  0.3  0.6  12:57.68  java 
1  root  15  0  10352  696  584  S  0.0  0.0  0:02.97 init 
2  root  RT  -5  0  0  0  S  0.0  0.0  0:03.81  migration/0