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An administrator is concerned about possible vCPU over-commitment for an ESXi 6.x host. Which two Performance Counters should be reviewed in the vSphere Web Client Performance Charts to confirm if the

The correct answer is B. Ready D. Co-Stop. To confirm vCPU over-commitment and contention on an ESXi host, an administrator should review the 'Ready' and 'Co-Stop' performance counters.

Section 7 – Administer and Analyze vSphere 6.x Performance

Question

An administrator is concerned about possible vCPU over-commitment for an ESXi 6.x host. Which two Performance Counters should be reviewed in the vSphere Web Client Performance Charts to confirm if there is contention on the host? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AWait
  • BReady
  • CCore Utilization
  • DCo-Stop

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    17% (5)
  • B
    76% (22)
  • C
    7% (2)

Why each option

To confirm vCPU over-commitment and contention on an ESXi host, an administrator should review the 'Ready' and 'Co-Stop' performance counters.

AWait

Wait time can indicate a VM is waiting for various resources (e.g., I/O, memory), but it is not as specific a measure of CPU contention or vCPU over-commitment as Ready or Co-Stop time.

BReadyCorrect

CPU Ready Time, or 'Ready', measures the percentage of time a virtual machine is ready to execute but is waiting for its turn to be scheduled on a physical CPU core. High Ready time directly indicates CPU contention and potential vCPU over-commitment.

CCore Utilization

Core Utilization measures the overall busyness of physical CPU cores, but it doesn't directly reveal if individual virtual machines are experiencing contention due to over-commitment, as a host can be highly utilized without significant VM resource contention.

DCo-StopCorrect

CPU Co-Stop Time, or 'Co-Stop', specifically measures the time a multi-vCPU virtual machine spends halted, waiting for all its configured vCPUs to be scheduled simultaneously on physical cores. High Co-Stop time is a strong indicator of contention caused by vCPU over-commitment, impacting multi-vCPU VM performance.

Concept tested: ESXi CPU contention metrics (Ready, Co-Stop)

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.monitoring.doc/GUID-3D8D70EF-453D-4B44-A6CE-06F0F6D55375.html

Topics

#vCPU overcommitment#performance counters#CPU contention#CPU ready#co-stop

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