How To Fix RT862 - Percent of Physical CPU Entitlement Consumed

RT862 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: RT - Monitoring infrastructure MSG and alert texts

• Message number: 862

• Message text: Percent of Physical CPU Entitlement Consumed

What causes this issue?

The percent of entitled physical CPU's consumed with respect to the
defined entitlement for physical CPU's.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message RT862 - Percent of Physical CPU Entitlement Consumed ?

  The SAP error message RT862, which indicates that the "Percent of Physical CPU Entitlement Consumed" has reached a certain threshold, typically relates to performance issues in a virtualized environment. This message is often seen in environments using SAP on platforms like VMware or other virtualization technologies where CPU resources are allocated based on entitlement.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  High CPU Utilization: The primary cause of this error is that the SAP system is consuming a high percentage of its allocated CPU resources. This can happen due to:
  
  Inefficient queries or processes running in the SAP system.
  Increased workload or user activity.
  Background jobs consuming excessive CPU.
  Insufficient CPU resources allocated to the SAP instance.
  
  
  
  Resource Contention: If multiple virtual machines are competing for the same physical CPU resources, it can lead to contention, causing the SAP system to consume its entitlement quickly.
  
  
  
  Configuration Issues: Incorrect configuration of the SAP system or the underlying virtualization platform can lead to suboptimal performance and