How to Kill Orphaned Processes in AIX
AIX is a type of UNIX operating system. The AIX "kill" command is used to terminate a process that is running in the system memory. An orphaned process occurs when the program should have been terminated in system memory but did not. This means the process is no longer running but still exists in memory space and can no longer function.
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Instructions
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Log into AIX using the user name and password that started the process you'd like to terminate, or the root system account.
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Type "ps -f" to list all processes.
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Browse the list to locate the name of a program or process that should be terminated. Often these processes will have a high number under the "Time" column, as this is the amount of time it has run without being accessed. Take note of the PID, or process ID, value for the process.
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Type "kill <pid>" without quotation marks and press "Enter." Replace this with the PID of the orphaned process, such as "kill 23422."
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