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Reduce UTM installation from 2 cores to 1 core

Hi,

I have Sophos UTM 9.315-2 running in a 2-vCPU, 2GB VM atop VMWare ESXi. I've been running it for a bit over a month now and have never seen CPU usage go over 10% in the Executive Reports - this is running at home with at most 10 clients, which is probably why.

I wish to pull it back down to a 1-vCPU system, however if I simply pull one of the cores out I get repeated "taskset failed to set pid 0" errors.

What do I have to tweak to safely downgrade UTM's number of vCPUs?

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0 William Warren over 9 years ago

Hi,

I have Sophos UTM 9.315-2 running in a 2-vCPU, 2GB VM atop VMWare ESXi. I've been running it for a bit over a month now and have never seen CPU usage go over 10% in the Executive Reports - this is running at home with at most 10 clients, which is probably why.

I wish to pull it back down to a 1-vCPU system, however if I simply pull one of the cores out I get repeated "taskset failed to set pid 0" errors.

What do I have to tweak to safely downgrade UTM's number of vCPUs?

Leave it at two cores trust me. if you want to reduce resources reduce the amount of ghz allocated to the vm to the total of one core. It has the same effect but allows the utm to stretch it's legs when needed. UTM on a single core is not a good idea.

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0 William Warren over 9 years ago

Hi,

I have Sophos UTM 9.315-2 running in a 2-vCPU, 2GB VM atop VMWare ESXi. I've been running it for a bit over a month now and have never seen CPU usage go over 10% in the Executive Reports - this is running at home with at most 10 clients, which is probably why.

I wish to pull it back down to a 1-vCPU system, however if I simply pull one of the cores out I get repeated "taskset failed to set pid 0" errors.

What do I have to tweak to safely downgrade UTM's number of vCPUs?

Leave it at two cores trust me. if you want to reduce resources reduce the amount of ghz allocated to the vm to the total of one core. It has the same effect but allows the utm to stretch it's legs when needed. UTM on a single core is not a good idea.

Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting

http://etc-md.com

Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner

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