Chapter 12. Managing Resources and Performance

IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL LEARN TO:

  • UNDERSTAND RESOURCE ALLOCATION (Pages 354–355)

  • ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO VIRTUAL MACHINES (Pages 355–365)

    • Allocate Resources in the VM Configuration (Page 355)

    • Guarantee Resources with Reservations (Page 357)

    • Constrain Resource Usage with Limits (Page 359)

    • Control Resource Allocation Using Shares (Page 362)

  • USE RESOURCE POOLS (Pages 365–372)

    • Create a Resource Pool (Page 366)

    • Control CPU Allocation with a Resource Pool (Page 367)

    • Control Memory Allocation with a Resource Pool (Page 372)

  • MONITOR PERFORMANCE (Pages 372–377)

    • Identify a Resource-Constrained ESX/ESXi Host (Page 372)

    • Identify a Resource-Constrained Virtual Machine (Page 374)

In a VMware vSphere environment, managing resources ...

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