How to investigate slow foreman tasks?

Environment

Red Hat Satellite 6

Issue

What tool to use to diagnose Satellite tasking performance problems like:

• A Satellite task runs unexpectedly long time
• All tasks are slower than before
• sidekiq worker processes consume a lot of CPU

Resolution

Use the scripts from Content from github.com is not included.foreman-tasks-loads-stats repository created by a Red Hat support engineer.

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x Satellite Tasking System Issues, please refer to the Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x Satellite Tasking System Issues.

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