How to disable CPU throttling on DX Netops Linux Servers ?
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How to disable CPU throttling on DX Netops Linux Servers ?

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Article ID: 257560

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Products

CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration DX NetOps

Issue/Introduction

Looking for assistance on how to disable CPU throttling on a Linux server to be able to upgrade DX Netops Performance Management Servers.

Environment

Dx NetOps Performance Management - All releases

Resolution

The following is the documentation from vertica

https://www.vertica.com/docs/10.1.x/HTML/Content/Authoring/InstallationGuide/BeforeYouInstall/cpuscaling.htm

It's disabled in the BIOS.  We don't have any specific documentation on how to do that, however here is a VMWare knowledge doc: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1018206

It talks about how to do this for manufacturers like Dell and HP but the process would likely vary a bit depending on the manufacturer/model for the systems the Data repositories are installed on.

Additional Information

If you cannot disable CPU scaling through the system BIOS, you can limit the impact of CPU scaling by disabling the scaling through the Linux kernel or setting the CPU frequency governor to always run the CPU at full speed.

Some Linux systems, however, don't have a governor to configure the CPU frequency. Please consult your system administrator for further information.