High CPU steal times on Production Openstack instances

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The CPU steal times (%st) are high for extended period of times on instances in our OpenStack Production environment.

Environment

  • Red Hat Open Stack Platform 16.x (RHOSP)
  • Red Hat Open Stack Platform 15.0 (RHOSP)
  • Red Hat Open Stack Platform 14.0 (RHOSP)
  • Red Hat Open Stack Platform 13.0 (RHOSP)
  • Red Hat Open Stack Platform 12.0 (RHOSP)
  • Red Hat Open Stack Platform 11.0 (RHOSP)
  • Red Hat Open Stack Platform 10.0 (RHOSP)
  • Red Hat Open Stack Platform 9.0 (RHOSP)
  • Red Hat Open Stack Platform 8.0 (RHOSP)
  • Red Hat Open Stack Platform 7.0 (RHOSP)
  • Red Hat Open Stack Platform 6.0 (RHOSP)
  • Red Hat Open Stack Platform 5.0 (RHOSP)

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