How To Fix VIRT606 - Number of Cores per Physical CPU

VIRT606 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VIRT - Virtualization Monitoring

• Message number: 606

• Message text: Number of Cores per Physical CPU

What causes this issue?

Number of CPU cores that belong to one physical CPU socket of the
virtualization host.

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.

VIRT606 - Details

• The SAP error message VIRT606 indicates an issue related to the number of cores per physical CPU in a virtualized environment. This error typically arises when the configuration of the virtual machine (VM) does not align with the SAP system's requirements or recommendations regarding CPU allocation.
  
  Cause:
  The error is triggered when the number of virtual CPU cores assigned to a virtual machine exceeds the number of physical CPU cores available on the host machine. This can happen due to:
  
  Misconfiguration: The virtual machine is configured with more virtual CPUs than the physical CPUs available on the host.
  Virtualization Limits: Some virtualization platforms have limits on how many virtual CPUs can be assigned based on the physical CPU architecture.
  SAP Sizing Guidelines: SAP has specific guidelines for CPU allocation based on the application and workload, and exceeding these can lead to performance issues or errors.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the VIRT606 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
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