Subj : Re: Arch btw
To   : Accession
From : Vorlon
Date : Fri Dec 12 2025 11:28:53

Hi Accession,

 On Tuesday December 02 2025, Accession said to Vorlon:

 >> This is where I think your getting things confused. The vm's are not set
 >> to run on a specific core.

 A> I know they're not. I dedicate 2 cores per VM, and have 8 virtual cores
 A> total. VMWare only lets me run 4 VMs at the same time. I'm not sure
 A> where the confusion is?

Humm, this sounds like a software issue and not hardware. This is what I
have in my server:

CPU:
Logical processors: 8
Processor type: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31240 @ 3.30GHz
Sockets: 1
Cores per socket: 4
Hyperthreading: Yes, enabled

My vm's have these cpu's configured.
Lennier: 2
Vorlon: 1
Xigmanas: 2
Pfsense: 1
Dragon: 1

I have just created a test one with this cpu set:

Test: 6

I also just played around with the config:

I could have 6 cores, one socket or 1 core 6 sockets.

With each config, the Debian 12 install booted up and I could log in
and cat the /proc/cpuinfo to show the number of cpu's.

Even do normal updates, run programs etc.

 >> They are given x number of cores they can use, and will only see that
 >> number. They could be running on core 1,3,5,6 and will not know that. As
 >> far as the VM sees it's got access to 4 cores and that's what it
 >> will/can use.

 A> Right. When all 4 VMs are running, ESXi doesn't let me setup another VM,
 A> because all 8 are being used.

Can you post a screen shot of the error?

 A> If I were to shut down a VM, then I would probably have 2 cores
 A> available to setup a new one, but then I wouldn't be able to run all 5
 A> VMs at the same time. One would always have to be turned off.

Perhaps one of these might help (Wink, Wink):

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\/orlon
aka
Stephen

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