Hello. I am having an issue with the VMware Server 1.0 and a particular VM. I didn't have this problem on the older EXP and RC builds. My other VM is running fine. I have been running the problem VM since the early versions of VMware Server.
The problem is on the host server, it is showing high cpu usage but in the guest it is showing no cpu usage and nothing much is happening.
The Linux host is showing the vmware-vmx at 99% CPU usage using the command 'top' but the MUI shows the VM's CPU usage at 50% and sysstat shows no processor higher than 40% and most are in the range of 25%. It appears the vmware-vmx process switches processors by watching the CPU usage in system monitor.
VMware Server Setup:
Dell PE 2850
Dual Xeon 2.8 GHz CPUs
5 Gigs RAM
RAID1/5 Storage
OS RH 4 ES fully patched(kernel 2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp)
VMware Server 1.0 Build 28343
Guest VM:
Windows 2003 Server Standard
1 Gig RAM
70 Gig Disk(not pre-allocated yet)
Single processor (No SMP)
Any advice on how to fix the problem?
Thanks,
Robert