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# sk100641 - PEPD process consumes CPU at 100%

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk100641 |
| Date Created | 2014-05-19 |
| Last Modified | 2017-06-02 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * Output of '`top`' command shows that PEPD process consumes CPU at very high level (up to 100%).

* Output of '`fw tab -t pep_async_id_calls -s`' command shows that the PEAK value constantly changes from zero to some high value and to zero again.

* PEPD debug shows (`$FWDIR/log/pepd.elg*`):

  `
  `
  * NAC::IS::KernelTable::Table::iterator::iterator: Failed to retrieve the number of elements from the table pep_networks_to_pdp_db; ret_val: -1
  * [PEP (TD::Important)] PEP::EventHandler::FinishFailedNetworkRegisterRequests: Sending NETWORK_REGISTER_RESPONSE with failure

* After enabling Identity Sharing, the PEPD process does not respond.

* Identity Awareness tables are showing networks that aren't shared anymore

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