Hi,
We don't have separate disk/network VIOSes, but both in same; Dual VIOS setup each frame, and we use always Dedicated (Donating) CPUs for VIOSes (2 CPUs per VIOS)
Example output from E980 system with around 40 AIX lpars behind VIOSes
Name PID CPU% PgSp Owner
seaproc 7668206 0.3 1.00M root
emfc_kpr 2621782 0.1 3.44M root
seaproc 7537130 0.1 1.00M root
seaproc 7995896 0.1 1.00M root
seaproc 8847634 1.0 1.00M root
npivK3 4587920 0.1 512K root
# uptime
08:37AM up 458 days, 19:03, 1 user, load average: 1.02, 1.31, 1.34
# ioslevel
3.1.1.10
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Tommi Sihvo, Lead Service Architect
TietoEVRY, Compute Services
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri June 18, 2021 05:22 AM
From: Hans-Dieter Kutz
Subject: Disk VIOS High CPU Load
Hello List,
I'm facing high CPU Load on my DISK VIOS running 3.1.1.25.
When investigating I stumbled over
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We are using E980 with 4 VIOS concept (2 for Network IO - 2 for Disk IO).
Expectation was that Network VIOS are the ones consuming more CPU.
This is not true anymore since upgrade to VIOS 3.1.
diskvio1e980b: 10:46AM up 197 days, 21 hrs, 2 users, load average: 9.89, 8.73, 8.24
diskvio2e980a: 10:46AM up 9 days, 23 mins, 3 users, load average: 3.52, 3.24, 3.63
diskvio1e980a: 10:46AM up 8 days, 18:09, 1 user, load average: 3.71, 3.71, 3.86
diskvio2e980b: 10:46AM up 197 days, 21 hrs, 3 users, load average: 7.33, 7.15, 7.23
Entitlement has been raised from 1.5 (which was more than enough in previo3.1 times) to 3 now on Disk VIOS.
To plan for future Disk VIOS implementations I need to know how to calculate the Disk VIOS?
Call has been opened at IBM side to track the situation.
Has anybody else facing this?
Cheers,
ku
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Hans-Dieter Kutz
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