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From:	Ashley Dixon <ash@××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Can a linux vmware guest tell if its host is CPU constrained?
Date:	Mon, 27 Jul 2020 03:35:16
Message-Id:	`20200727033401.xr4dhyyx32zxjeer@ad-gentoo-main`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] OT: Can a linux vmware guest tell if its host is CPU constrained? by Adam Carter

1	On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 01:23:46PM +1000, Adam Carter wrote:
2	> Having performance issues on a linux vmware guest that doesnt run vmtools
3	> because its an 'appliance', but it does allow shell access. I assume CPU
4	> utilisation shown by top etc is the utilisation of the vCPUs. Is there any
5	> way to discover or infer host CPU issues?
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7	Do you mean that you want to monitor the host system from the guest? Can you not
8	just SSH into the host from the guest? You can also infer CPU usage from the
9	/proc/stat file on the host system, if you can share files over NFS or some
10	other file-sharing means.
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Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Can a linux vmware guest tell if its host is CPU constrained?	Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>