How To Fix RT867 - Percent of Available Physical CPUs Consumed

RT867 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

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

• Message number: 867

• Message text: Percent of Available Physical CPUs Consumed

What causes this issue?

The percent of available physical CPU's consumed with respect to the
current available 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 RT867 - Percent of Available Physical CPUs Consumed ?

  The SAP error message RT867, which indicates that the "Percent of Available Physical CPUs Consumed" has reached a critical threshold, typically arises in environments where SAP systems are running on virtualized infrastructure or where resource allocation is tightly monitored. This message is a warning that the system is consuming a high percentage of the available CPU resources, which can lead to performance degradation or system instability.
  
  Cause:
  
  High Workload: The SAP system may be experiencing a high volume of transactions or background jobs that require significant CPU resources.
  Inefficient Code: Custom ABAP programs or poorly optimized queries can lead to excessive CPU usage.
  
  Configuration Issues: Incorrect configuration of the SAP system or the underlying database can lead to inefficient resource utilization.
  Insufficient Hardware: The physical hardware may not be adequate to handle the workload, especially if the system has grown over time without corresponding hardware upgrades.
  Virtualization Overhead: In virtualized environments, the overhead of virtualization can