Hi,
Do your VMs have more than 1 virtual CPU assigned?
If so try dropping the amount of CPUs on your VM configuration.
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Wil
One of them is using 2 processors, the other isn't. I shut down all of them and set it to 1 processor.
Of the 4 VMs I use, they're all now using 1 processor. Of the 4 VMs I use, they're all at 1 processor, but 1 of the vmware-vmx processes is using around 25% CPU constantly, another (the one I changed to 1 CPU) is using about 10% constantly, and the others are as idle as anything.
I'm just not sure what to try or think at this point. I'd really like my Mac to not have 1/4th of its CPU on an idle VMWare VM.
Hi,
Those wake ups are really high.
This is my current load:
with all VMs idle as well.
The VM at the top has 1 vCPU, the other 2 VMs have 2 vCPUs. I see the CPU% go anywhere between 20% and 40%, averaging about 30% with idles wake ups around 100 to 200.
It certainly seems higher as it used to be.
Note though that you are seeing percentages of a single core, not of your whole CPU.
Another thing to try to get the VM to use less CPU is to disable 3D as your GPU gets offloaded to the CPU.
For the idle wake ups. In the past I have seen antivirus statusbar icon to cause that by overriding a system timer and setting it to 1ms.
Assuming that your VM runs windows, try running the following command from an elevated prompt in your VM.
powercfg -energy duration 5
and have a look at the report it runs for any hints.
If OTOH your guest is running linux, then look at top (which I think you did already), but also take a look at the intel powertop tools.
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Wil
