CPU spike observed on Host and Guest VM when Guest VM moved to Host

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

CPU spike observed on Host and Guest VM when Guest VM moved to Host

 

 

Environment

8.0u3

Cause

Hardware faults associated with the physical CPU and Motherboard.

Resolution

1. Evacuate active workloads and place the affected host into maintenance mode to prevent further impact.
   
   
2. Reach out to the server hardware vendor to perform diagnostic testing.
   
   
3. Follow the hardware vendor's recommendations regarding the potential replacement of the physical CPU and Motherboard.