diff --git a/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/Service.go b/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/Service.go
index a8d28b9..7998157 100644
--- a/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/Service.go
+++ b/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/Service.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func main() {
 	router := gin.Default()
 	router.POST("/gc/begin", manager.Begin)
 	router.GET("/gc/is-asleep", manager.IsAsleep)
+	router.GET("/gc/core-usage", manager.GetCoreUsage)
 	router.POST("/gc/dev/switch", manager.Switch)
 
 	err = router.Run("100.64.42.11:4000")
diff --git a/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/apis.go b/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/apis.go
index 7ba1eaa..a35f179 100644
--- a/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/apis.go
+++ b/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/apis.go
@@ -61,3 +61,13 @@ func (o *GreenCoreMgt) Switch(c *gin.Context) {
 		IsAwake: o.IsGreenCoreAwake,
 	})
 }
+
+func (o *GreenCoreMgt) GetCoreUsage(c *gin.Context) {
+
+	usages, err := o.obtainCoreUsage()
+	if err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, "Something went wrong. Check admin logs.")
+		return
+	}
+	c.IndentedJSON(http.StatusOK, usages)
+}
diff --git a/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/config-parser.go b/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/config-parser.go
index 4b24d65..ea65789 100644
--- a/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/config-parser.go
+++ b/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/config-parser.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ type ComputeHost struct {
 	Ip             string `yaml:"ip"`
 	User           string `yaml:"user"`
 	DynamicCoreIds []int  `yaml:"dynamic-core-ids"`
+	StableCoreIds  []int  `yaml:"stable-core-ids"`
 }
 
 type ConfYaml struct {
diff --git a/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/inspect.go b/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/inspect.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cf82b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/inspect.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"slices"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func (o *GreenCoreMgt) obtainCoreUsage() ([]HostCoreUsage, error) {
+
+	var hostCoreUsages []HostCoreUsage
+	for _, host := range o.conf.ComputeHosts {
+		var hostCoreUsage HostCoreUsage
+		hostCoreUsage.Ip = host.Ip
+
+		var usedDynamicCores []int
+		var usedStableCores []int
+
+		var domains []domainsVirshModel
+		err := RunThirdPartyClient[domainsVirshModel](&domains, "virsh-list-domains.sh", host.User, host.Ip)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		for _, domain := range domains {
+			var cpuAffinities []emulatorPinVirshModel
+			err := RunThirdPartyClient[emulatorPinVirshModel](&cpuAffinities, "virsh-domain-get-pinned-cpu-core.sh", host.User, host.Ip, domain.Name)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			for _, cpuAffinity := range cpuAffinities {
+				pinnedCore, _ := strconv.Atoi(strings.Split(cpuAffinity.EmulatorCPUAffinity, "*: ")[1])
+				if slices.Contains(host.DynamicCoreIds, pinnedCore) {
+					usedDynamicCores = append(usedDynamicCores, pinnedCore)
+				}
+				if slices.Contains(host.StableCoreIds, pinnedCore) {
+					usedStableCores = append(usedStableCores, pinnedCore)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		hostCoreUsage.RegCoresAvl = len(host.StableCoreIds)
+		hostCoreUsage.RegCoresUsg = len(usedStableCores)
+		if o.IsGreenCoreAwake {
+			hostCoreUsage.GreenCoresAvl = len(host.DynamicCoreIds)
+			hostCoreUsage.GreenCoresUsg = len(usedDynamicCores)
+		} else {
+			hostCoreUsage.GreenCoresAvl = 0
+			hostCoreUsage.GreenCoresUsg = 0
+		}
+		hostCoreUsages = append(hostCoreUsages, hostCoreUsage)
+
+		fmt.Printf("core usage for %s is %+v\\n\n", host.Ip, hostCoreUsage)
+	}
+	return hostCoreUsages, nil
+}
diff --git a/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/models.go b/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/models.go
index 1bfe005..3578222 100644
--- a/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/models.go
+++ b/deployment/extensions/gc-emulator-service/internal/models.go
@@ -15,3 +15,11 @@ type emulatorPinVirshModel struct {
 type GcStatus struct {
 	IsAwake bool `json:"is-awake"`
 }
+
+type HostCoreUsage struct {
+	Ip            string `json:"host-ip"`
+	RegCoresAvl   int    `json:"reg-cores-avl"`
+	RegCoresUsg   int    `json:"reg-cores-usg"`
+	GreenCoresAvl int    `json:"green-cores-avl"`
+	GreenCoresUsg int    `json:"green-cores-usg"`
+}
diff --git a/experiment/trace-generation/openstack_client.py b/experiment/trace-generation/openstack_client.py
index 185482a..dccdbcb 100644
--- a/experiment/trace-generation/openstack_client.py
+++ b/experiment/trace-generation/openstack_client.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def create_vm(vm):
     print('attempting to create vm: ', vm['name'])
     try:
         cmd = "openstack server create --nic net-id=\"public\" --image \"cirros-0.6.2-x86_64-disk\" --flavor \"pinned.vcpu-" + str(
-            round(vm['vcpu'])) + "\" \"" + vm['name'] + "\" --wait "
+            round(vm['vcpu'])) + "\" \"" + vm['name'] + "\" --wait --hint type="+vm['type']+" "
         returned_output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True)
         print('vm creation for vm:', vm, returned_output.decode("utf-8"))
         return True