How To Fix VIRT225 - Physical CPUs Consumed

VIRT225 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VIRT - Virtualization Monitoring

• Message number: 225

• Message text: Physical CPUs Consumed

What causes this issue?

Denotes the current number of physical CPU's being consumed.

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

System Response

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

VIRT225 - Details

• The SAP error message VIRT225, which indicates "Physical CPUs Consumed," typically arises in the context of SAP systems running on virtualized environments. This error suggests that the number of physical CPUs allocated to the SAP instance has been exceeded or is not sufficient for the workload being processed.
  
  Cause:
  
  Resource Allocation: The virtual machine (VM) may be configured with more virtual CPUs (vCPUs) than the physical CPUs available on the host machine.
  High Workload: The SAP system may be experiencing a high workload that requires more CPU resources than what is currently allocated.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be misconfigurations in the SAP instance or the underlying virtualization platform that lead to inefficient CPU usage.
  Licensing Issues: Sometimes, the error can also be related to licensing constraints, where the number of CPUs used exceeds the licensed capacity.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Review CPU Allocation: Check the configuration of the virtual machine and ensure that the number of vCPUs does not exceed