Quick Tip: High CPU Utilization on ESX due to Slow Entropy from AMD Zen 4 CPUs

I had been troubleshooting a stubborn CPU utilization issue with a workload that, over time would also overrun the CPU on my physical ESX host. The assumption was that the workload was causing the issue, but after several rounds of collecting various ESX performance statistics, there was nothing conclusive that the workload was the culprit. […]