CPU Usage Spikes Up To 100% Every Hour on Intel Xeon Bronze/Silver/Gold CPUs (4044727)

CPU Usage Spikes Up To 100% Every Hour on Intel Xeon Bronze/Silver/Gold CPUs

CPU usage spikes to almost 100% for a few seconds once every hour on systems running the Rapid Recovery Agent. The issue is present on machines running  Intel Xeon Gold/Silver/Bronze processors, such as Precision 7x20 Workstations or Dell PowerEdge servers.

This issue is present on servers running Rapid Recovery Agent. No Rapid Recovery functionality is affected by the CPU spikes.

The CPU spike occurs when the Rapid Recovery agent gathers BCD metadata via WMI calls. The CPU spikes occur regardless of whether Rapid Recovery makes the WMI call or the WMI call is initiated manually using Microsoft's wbemtest application. This has been given defect ID RR-107855.

Patch Disclaimer:

• Patches are provided as is for the specific build listed.
• Active support is required to download a patch. If not already logged in @ https://support.quest.com, you will be prompted to do so before you may download.
• If you have an existing patch, open a service request with Support, to request a cumulative patch. Otherwise the previous patch will be over written.
• Follow best practice to install MSI patches per KB How to apply updates to product software.

Work Around:

1. Patches are available for the following builds. Download the appropriate patch and apply per KB How to apply updates to product software:
   • Rapid Recovery 6.1.3, P-A64-2445
   • Rapid Recovery 6.2.1, P-A64-2484
   • Rapid Recovery 6.3.0, P-A64-2424
   • Rapid Recovery 6.4.0, P-A64-2562
   • Rapid Recovery 6.5.0, P-A64-2596
   • Rapid Recovery 6.6.0, P-A64-2609
   • Rapid Recovery 6.7.0, P-A64-2627
   • Rapid Recovery 6.8.0.402, P-A64-2643 
2. If you have any questions or need assistance with a patch, please contact Support via Chat or by Service Request.
3. Once installed, monitor systems for the next 48 hours to ensure they only exhibit the behavior once, when agent service is starting.

RR-107855