topic hpvmstatus reports incorrect maximum CPUs in Operating System - HP-UX

hpvmstatus reports incorrect maximum CPUs

gstonian — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 12:06:33 GMT

Hi, can anyone explain why hpvmstatus reports maximum vcpu's of 16 when we only have 4 cores. Being asked due to license department...

Thanks!

hpvmstatus -V -P <server>

[Virtual CPU Details]
Number Virtual CPUs     : 1
Minimum Virtual CPUs    :1
Maximum Virtual CPUs    : 16

Against physical cpu :

CPU info:
   Intel(R) Itanium(R) Processor 9520 (1.73 GHz, 20 MB)
   4 cores, 8 logical processors per socket
   6.38 GT/s QPI, CPU version D0
          Active processor count:
          1 socket
          4 cores (4 per socket)
          4 logical processors (4 per socket)
          LCPU attribute is disabled

Re: hpvmstatus reports incorrect maximum CPUs

Stan_M — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 12:09:48 GMT

It's because the number reported is per-guest setting of maximum number of vcpus, not the capability (or capacity) of the host system.

Re: hpvmstatus reports incorrect maximum CPUs

gstonian — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 12:28:36 GMT

Thanks very much for the clarification !!!