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Old 01-05-2013
Control Cores/CPUs used in Linux instance on VMware

We have a production setup where we have RHEL instances on VMware. We have 2 RHEL instances on VMware now each having 4 CPUs/cores each. I want to put up another RHEL instance but my query is that can we allocate only 1 CPU/core for the new instance.

I hope, my query is clear that can we allocate only 1 CPU/core to the new instance.

Please revert with the reply to my query.

Regards
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Old 01-05-2013
I wouldn't recommend this method for disabling CPU's at run-time since I've never tried it myself and I've had bad luck doing the same with using sysfs to remove HDD objects without a reboot (I got a Kernel Panic). There is also the "maxcpus" kernel parameter for limiting the number of CPU's available for use.

If you're going to do that last one, though, it would require a reboot obviously. But why not just shut the VM down after hours, reduce the number of CPU's on the VMWare side and then boot back again?
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Old 01-05-2013
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can we allocate only 1 CPU/core to the new instance.
Are you asking if you can allocate only one core from a host CPU to the new instance?
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Old 01-07-2013
Yes, thanks for getting it right. I was asking if we can allocate only one core from a host CPU to the new instance.
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