To spot CPU overcommitment in the guest OS, ready time and usage percentage are two CPU resource parameters that you should monitor closely:
- Log in to vCenter Server using vSphere Web Client.
- On the home screen, navigate to Hosts and Clusters.
- Expand the ESXi host and go to the CPU-hungry VM.
- Navigate to the Monitor tab.
- Navigate to the Performance tab.
- Navigate to the Advanced view.
- Click on Chart Options.
- Navigate to CPU from Chart metrics.
- Navigate to the VM object.
- Navigate to the Advanced tab and click on Chart Options.
- Select only Usage, Ready, and Used in the Counters section and click on OK:
The preceding example shows the high usage and used value on a VM configured with one vCPU. We can see its overall CPU usage is 100 percent:
The preceding example shows that after you added a second vCPU to the VM, the percentage of overall CPU usage dropped down to 52 percent.