Excluding processes in the calculation of CPU utilization

The scavenging feature allows you to specify processes that will not be taken into account by the scavenging agent in its calculation of CPU utilization. For example, there may be a periodic process like a virus scan program that causes high CPU usage but only for a short time when it runs. For such cases, you can specify the processes that you want to exclude from the CPU utilization calculation. This CPU utilization, referred to as Adjusted CPU Utilization, will be lower than the true CPU utilization of the host if a specified process is running.

The processes to be excluded from the Adjusted CPU utilization can be specified during scavenging configuration.

Note:

Since script (.bat or .sh) files generally wrap the true process name within the file, do not define a script file name as a process name. Instead, define the process name that the script file launches. Defining script file names as process names can result in unexpected behavior.

Symphony-launched workload processes, which could cause the host to toggle between open and closed states, are automatically excluded from the calculation of Adjusted CPU Utilization.