Investigating TKGr or VKS node resource utilization

Products

• VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service

Issue/Introduction

This article provides basic references for analyzing resource utilization for Tanzu Kubernetes or vSphere Kubernetes environments. 

Environment

All Tanzu Kubernetes Releases 
All vSphere Kubernetes Service Releases

Resolution

See the following documentation for instructions:
Checking resources internal to the node:
- kubectl top node
- Troubleshooting CPU Throttling Related Issues On TKG Clusters Deployed By TCA/TKGm

Checking ESXi host resources:
- Performance Data Collection using esxtop and resxtop
- Troubleshooting virtual machine performance issues for VMs running on VMware Workstation, ACE, Player, or Server
- vSphere Monitoring and Performance