vmware-hostd may use a lot of CPU or has generated a core dump on an ESX host
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Article ID: 344058
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Products
VMware vCenter ServerVMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
ESX host is slow or sluggish
The top command shows vmware-hostdis using a lot of CPU
vmware-hostd generates a core dump
This issue can occur when any ESX host managed by VirtualCenter/vCenter Server has a DRS / HA cluster that contains virtual machines that were originally built on an ESX 2.x host.
Environment
VMware ESX 4.1.x VMware ESX Server 3.0.x VMware vCenter Server 4.1.x VMware vCenter Server 4.0.x VMware ESX 4.0.x VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.x