http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/eagleh Comment Feed for V-IT, I AM GOING THROUGH IT Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:16:05 GMT Clearspace 1.10.12 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2008-06-12T17:16:05Z http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/eagleh/2008/05/28/system-cpu-usage-spikes-to-100#comments-6791 Since the agent was uninstalled, it seems this problem has been solved. However, I can't be 100% sure yet. Worth giving it a try! I suspect RDP would cause this problem. Could you please keep me updated how it goes? Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:16:05 GMT eagleh http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/eagleh/2008/05/28/system-cpu-usage-spikes-to-100#comments-6791 2008-06-12T17:16:05Z http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/eagleh/2008/05/28/system-cpu-usage-spikes-to-100#comments-6790 We are having the same problem here running similar set up ESX3.5 Update1 and VC 2.5 update1. It seems to be related to rdp sessions. Not always but occationally just after one RDPs to a VM CPU goes to 100% and disk utilization drops to zero. We are also running "MS System Center Essential Agent". Did that solve your problem? Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:56:15 GMT isbelleb http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/eagleh/2008/05/28/system-cpu-usage-spikes-to-100#comments-6790 2008-06-12T16:56:15Z