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"Steal time" is the percentage of time a virtual CPU waits for real CPU while the hypervisor is servicing another virtual processor. | "Steal time" is the percentage of time a virtual CPU waits for real CPU while the hypervisor is servicing another virtual processor. | ||
A high value means the physical CPU is overcommitted and more physical CPU should be allocated to the environment - or the VM should be moved on a different physical server. The steal time is reported by [[vmstat#st|vmstat]]. | A high value means the physical CPU is overcommitted and more physical CPU should be allocated to the environment - or the VM should be moved on a different physical server. The steal time is reported by [[vmstat#st|vmstat st]]. | ||
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Steal Time
"Steal time" is the percentage of time a virtual CPU waits for real CPU while the hypervisor is servicing another virtual processor.
A high value means the physical CPU is overcommitted and more physical CPU should be allocated to the environment - or the VM should be moved on a different physical server. The steal time is reported by vmstat st.