Red Hat RHCSA 8 Cert Guide: EX200, 2nd Edition

Chapter 10

Managing Processes

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

• Introducing Process Management

• Managing Shell Jobs

• Using Common Command-Line Tools for Process Management

• Using top to Manage Processes

• Using tuned to Optimize Performance

The following RHCSA exam objectives are covered in this chapter:

• Identify CPU/memory-intensive processes and kill processes

• Adjust process scheduling

Process management is an important task for a Linux administrator. In this chapter, you learn what you need to know to manage processes from a perspective of daily operation of a server. You learn how to work with shell jobs and generic processes. You also are introduced to system performance optimization using tuned.

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