Physical CPU Count

[Jeff Stanton]

Hello,

I noticed that the upgrade to 8.7.2 changed the vhwcomputersystem.[Number of Processors].  It no longer represents the number of "physical" processors in the system as it did in versions prior to 8.7.2, but instead now represents the TOTAL number of "logical" processors.

1. Is there a table or view in the 8.7.2 database that provides a straightforward representation of "physical" CPUs?
2. Out of curiosity, I'd be interested in understanding why this change in the view was made if someone knows the answer.

Thanks!

[Roman Vassiljev]

Hi Jeff Stanton!

We have report Reports > Discovery and Inventory > Inventory > Cross-platform > Hardware > Processor > Count of Computers by Processor Speed, Type, and OS that shows both - number of Physical Processors and number of Virtual Processors.

Also each physical processor is reported as separate instance into Inv_HW_Processor table.

This change is related to issue that was fixed in 8.7.2 , it is listed in Release Notes(https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/endpoint-security-and-management/it-management-suite/ITMS/Release-Notes/it-management-suite-8-7-2-release-notes/fixed-issues-itms-87-2.html) as the following

"The reported number of processors differs between Windows and Linux computers. Linux systems report the total number of logical processors (the sum of all cores), while Windows systems report the total number of physical processors (the count of utilized sockets) to the HW Computer System and OS Operating System as "Number Of Processors" data classes.

Now, both Linux and Windows computers report the total number of logical processors used (the sum of all cores)."

Thanks,

Roman

 

[Jeff Stanton]

Thankyou Roman.