Higher CPU utilization in vCenter Server 6.0 Update 2a
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Higher CPU utilization in vCenter Server 6.0 Update 2a

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Article ID: 324842

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Products

VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
  • Increase of CPU usage after upgrading to vCenter Server 6.0 Update 2a.
  • Running a complex solution against a minimal vCenter Server resources configuration shows an increase in CPU usage.


Environment

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.x

Cause

This occurs due to issues with pulling and processing the data from hosts by hardware health service (vmware-vws).
 

Resolution

To resolve this issue, increase the number of CPU cores of the vCenter Server virtual machine.