Many Precess of "sleep 10" and "/bin/bash /etc/init.d/hcp_ext start"

Michio2000 — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:31:31 GMT

I am using CheckPoint 3100 in an Active-Standby configuration.

Memory usage is increasing day by day, so I applied the latest version of Hoffix, but memory usage still continues to increase.

Currently, Active is 64% and Standby is 70%.

Software Version:
Product version Check Point Gaia R80.20
OS build 101
OS kernel version 2.6.18-92cpx86_64
OS edition 64-bit
Take230 applied

To find the cause, I checked the running processes with the command # ps aux.

admin 28607 0.0 0.0 1564 412 ? S 16:50 0:00 sleep 10
admin 7166 0.0 0.0 2492 796 ? S 15:45 0:00 /bin/bash /etc/init.d/hcp_ext start

These two processes have the same process name, and the number of processes seems to be increasing little by little every day.

Is it a problem that the above processes are increasing?

If I leave it as it is, will the memory increase stop at some point?

Please help me with memory management.

Re: Many Precess of "sleep 10" and "/bin/bash /etc/init.d/hcp_ext start"

Chris_Atkinson — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:03:27 GMT

R80.20 is End of Life (since 2022) and you should consider upgrading to a supported release.

These old units only came with 8GB RAM so it can be a challenge if the environment experiences large growth or software defects.

- What software blades are enabled on this security gateway?

- How many connections / traffic does the gateway encounter?