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Linux_High_Zombies  
Situation Description
Possible Causes
Suggested Actions
Situation Description

The number of processes in zombie state high.

 

Possible Causes
  1. Application failures leaving processes in the zombie state.

 

Suggested Actions

Find the applications that are causing the high number of defunct processes. Isolate the exact scenarios under which this occurs, and remediate the problem.

 

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