Virtual machine stops after changing CPU limitation to 0
search cancel

Virtual machine stops after changing CPU limitation to 0

book

Article ID: 373809

calendar_today

Updated On: 03-29-2025

Products

VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0 VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0 VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

A VM that has CPU limitation set on it will cause the vm to stop if the limitation is set to 0.

These log types can contain similar messages to the following:

hostd.log:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM-SS info hostd[#######] [Originator@#### sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr] Event ####### : Issue detected on fqdn.hostname in ha-datacenter: CpuSched: ####: Container group(########): host/user/vm.######## is configured with 0 CPU max
YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM-SS info hostd[#######] [Originator@#### sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr] Event ####### : Issue detected on fqdn.hostname in ha-datacenter: CpuSched: ####: Container group(########): host/user/vm.######## is configured with 0 CPU max
YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM-SS info hostd[#######] [Originator@#### sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr] Event ####### : Issue detected on fqdn.hostname in ha-datacenter: CpuSched: ####: Container group(####): host/user/vm.####### is configured with 0 CPU max

vmkernel.log:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM-SS cpu23:####### opID=########)ALERT: CpuSched: ####: Container group(########): host/user/vm.######## is configured with 0 CPU max
YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM-SS cpu12:#######)ALERT: CpuSched: ####: Container group(########): host/user/vm.######## is configured with 0 CPU max
YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM-SS cpu36:####### opID=#######)ALERT: CpuSched: ####: Container group(#######): host/user/vm.####### is configured with 0 CPU max

vmkwarning.log:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM-SS cpu23:####### opID=#########)ALERT: CpuSched: ####: Container group(########): host/user/vm.######## is configured with 0 CPU max
YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM-SS cpu12:#######)ALERT: CpuSched: ####: Container group(########): host/user/vm.######## is configured with 0 CPU max
YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM-SS cpu36:####### opID=#########)ALERT: CpuSched: ####: Container group(#####): host/user/vm.######## is configured with 0 CPU max
                                                                                                                                                         

 

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 7.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x

Resolution

Set the CPU limitation to unlimited when trying to clear the CPU limitation instead of 0

Powered by Wolken Software