An administrator is troubleshooting a CPU performance issue for a virtual machine.
Which three esxtop counters may demonstrate CPU contention? (Choose three.)
A.
%RDY
B.
%RUN
C.
%MLMTD
D.
%WAIT
E.
%CSTP
Explanation:
Explanation/Reference:
Which three esxtop counters may demonstrate CPU contention?
An administrator is troubleshooting a CPU performance issue for a virtual machine.
Which three esxtop counters may demonstrate CPU contention? (Choose three.)
A, C, and E are correct:
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.monitoring.doc/GUID-AC5FAD2D-96DE-41C4-B5C6-A06FE65F34C6.html
A and C correct but E?
https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9279
%CSTOP means that ESXi was ready to provide pCPU time for the VM, but not for all the provisioned vCPU’s. So it does signify some form of CPU contention with another VM.
A little something from Duncan: http://www.yellow-bricks.com/esxtop/
Here’s a good piece of apparently most comprehensive info for esxtop counters:
“Interpreting esxtop Statistics” https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9279