Hyper-V Host has high overall CPU Dispatch wait time

Harman Kardon 121 Reputation points
2021-02-12T09:06:57.79+00:00

HI!
I was just wondering about this alert I´m getting in scom.
It should not be a performance issue since the vm is alone on a brand new HP-server with a lot of memory. The VM only has one CPU. The server is idle most of the time.
What could be the reason? Is it Numa related? I tried disabling numa on the hyperv-service but no difference. Or is it just a false alert from the veeam hyper-v MP?

"
This Hyper-V Host has high overall CPU Dispatch wait time of 23.74% over 3 samples. With maximum wait time across all cores 21.08%

Top VMs by CPU usage:
VM - % Total Runtime per Host - % Guest Runtime per Host
Server1.contoso.com - 0.041666666666666664 - 0.020833333333333332

"

System Center Operations Manager
System Center Operations Manager
A family of System Center products that provide infrastructure monitoring, help ensure the predictable performance and availability of vital applications, and offer comprehensive monitoring for datacenters and cloud, both private and public.
1,610 questions
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Storage high availability | Virtualization and Hyper-V
0 comments No comments
{count} votes

1 answer

Sort by: Most helpful
  1. Xiaowei He 9,936 Reputation points
    2021-02-15T07:27:13.14+00:00

    Hi,

    As far as I'm concerned, the issue may be related to "Hyper-V CPU Wait Time Per Dispatch alarm"

    https://help.spotlightessentials.com/hyperv_alarm_cpuwaittimedispatch

    (Please note: Information posted in the given link is hosted by a third party. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy and effectiveness of information.)

    some related post for your reference:

    https://serverfault.com/questions/675991/how-to-interpret-values-of-perfmon-counter-hyper-v-hypervisor-virtual-processor

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/cc2cf7c7-8056-45e4-907e-3089852af442/what-is-normal-range-for-cpu-wait-time-per-dispatch-on-hyperv-2012?forum=winserverhyperv
    Thanks for your time!
    Best Regards,
    Anne

    -----------------------------

    If the Answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and upvote it.

    Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.

    1 person found this answer helpful.

Your answer

Answers can be marked as Accepted Answers by the question author, which helps users to know the answer solved the author's problem.