Skip to main content
NetApp Knowledge Base

ONTAP Tools for VMware vSphere: vpserver showing high CPU usage

  1. Last updated
    Mar 13, 2025
  2. Save as PDF
Views:
135
Visibility:
Public
Votes:
0
Category:
virtual-storage-console-for-vmware-vsphere
Specialty:
virt
Last Updated:
3/13/2025, 9:10:18 AM

Applies to

  • NetApp ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere (OTV)
  • NetApp VASA Provider (VP)
  • VMware Storage Replication Adapter (SRA)

Issue

  • When using OTV, high CPU usage can be seen from the vpserver daemon
  • Running top from OTV's diag shell can show evidence of this:

top - 17:28:29 up 5 days, 22:06,  0 user,  load average: 114.92, 114.02, 117.44
Tasks: 145 total,   1 running, 144 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s):100.0 us,  0.0 sy,  0.0 ni,  0.0 id,  0.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  0.0 st 
MiB Mem :  11960.7 total,   2477.6 free,   8118.5 used,   1632.7 buff/cache     
MiB Swap:   8191.0 total,   7032.2 free,   1158.8 used.   3842.1 avail Mem 

    PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
1074367 vpserver  20   0    9.8g   4.7g  27112 S 373.3  40.0     11,17 jsvc

 

 

Sign in to view the entire content of this KB article.

New to NetApp?

Learn more about our award-winning Support

NetApp provides no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy or reliability or serviceability of any information or recommendations provided in this publication or with respect to any results that may be obtained by the use of the information or observance of any recommendations provided herein. The information in this document is distributed AS IS and the use of this information or the implementation of any recommendations or techniques herein is a customer's responsibility and depends on the customer's ability to evaluate and integrate them into the customer's operational environment. This document and the information contained herein may be used solely in connection with the NetApp products discussed in this document.