What is the best way to resolve an issue caused by a frozen process?

The correct answer is A. Kill the process. When a process is frozen (hung or unresponsive), the typical method to resolve it is to kill the process. On Check Point, you can use cpwd_admin kill -name <ProcessName> or a standard Linux kill -9 <PID> command if necessary. You then allow CPWD (the Check Point watchdog) to…

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AKill the process
BRestart the process
CReboot the machine
DPower off the machine

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When a process is frozen (hung or unresponsive), the typical method to resolve it is to kill the process. On Check Point, you can use cpwd_admin kill -name <ProcessName> or a standard Linux kill -9 <PID> command if necessary. You then allow CPWD (the Check Point watchdog) to restart it, or manually restart it if needed.

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