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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ZH-CN link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I found that the “cpu time used” meter actually means “cpu time used *<b>since last boot-up</b>*”, at least in libvirt environments. It will be reset to ZERO after VM restart. As far as I understand, a cumulative type meter should be strictly increasing, so it looks very strange to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My questions are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1, Since I have libvirt environment only, I haven’t tested on vsphere or any others. Does it behave the same in other environments?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>2, Is it intended to be like this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>2, What should a billing system do to correctly use this meter?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please help </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks a lot!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"微软雅黑","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"微软雅黑","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kurt Rao<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"微软雅黑","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ChinaCloud Information Technology Co., Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;layout-grid-mode:char'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"微软雅黑","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>E_mail: <a href="mailto:raodingyuan@chinacloud.com.cn">raodingyuan@chinacloud.com.cn</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>