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XK0-005 · Question #593

A systems administrator receives reports that several virtual machines in a host are responding slower than expected. Upon further investigation, the administrator obtains the following output from…

The correct answer is D. The virtual machine is running out of CPU resources, leading to users experiencing longer. Based on the output from one of the affected systems, the best explanation for the reported issue is that the virtual machine is running out of CPU resources, leading to users experiencing longer response times (D). The output shows that the system use percentage is very high…

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Question

A systems administrator receives reports that several virtual machines in a host are responding slower than expected. Upon further investigation, the administrator obtains the following output from one of the affected systems:

Which of the following best explains the reported issue?

Options

  • AThe physical host is running out of CPU resources, leading to insufficient CPU time being
  • BThe physical host has enough CPU cores, leading to users running more processes to
  • CThe virtual machine has enough CPU cycles, leading to the system use percentage being higher
  • DThe virtual machine is running out of CPU resources, leading to users experiencing longer

How the community answered

(51 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    10% (5)
  • D
    82% (42)

Explanation

Based on the output from one of the affected systems, the best explanation for the reported issue is that the virtual machine is running out of CPU resources, leading to users experiencing longer response times (D). The output shows that the system use percentage is very high (57.85%), indicating that the virtual machine is using most of its CPU cycles for system processes. This leaves little CPU time for user processes, which results in slower performance.

Topics

#Virtual Machine Performance#CPU Resource Management#Performance Bottlenecks#Troubleshooting VMs

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