vimtop command fails with a core dump when executed by an sso-user

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• The vimtop command fails with the following error when executed by an sso-user (e.g., [email protected]):
  
  sso-user@<vc hostname> [ ~ ]$ vimtop
/usr/bin/vimtop: line 4: 3877507 Aborted                 (core dumped) LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/vmware-vpx/vimtop:/usr/lib/vmware-vpx /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/vimtop/vimtop $@
  
  
  
• A core file named core.vimtop.##### is generated in the /var/core/ directory.

Cause

The vimtop command should be executed as the root user.

Resolution

Switch to the root user before executing the vimtop command:

sudo -i

Additional Information

For more details about the vimtop command, please refer to:

Using the vimtop Plug-In to Monitor the Resource Use of Services