Chapter 12
Managing Resources and Performance
IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL LEARN TO:
- UNDERSTAND RESOURCE ALLOCATION
- ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO VIRTUAL MACHINES
- Allocate Resources in the VM Configuration
- Guarantee Resources with Reservations
- Constrain Resource Usage with Limits
- Control Resource Allocation Using Shares
- USE RESOURCE POOLS
- Create a Resource Pool
- Control CPU Allocation with a Resource Pool
- Control Memory Allocation with a Resource Pool
- MONITOR PERFORMANCE
- Identify a Resource-Constrained ESXi Host
- Identify a Resource-Constrained Virtual Machine
In a VMware vSphere environment, managing resources and managing performance go hand in hand. Performance will suffer if resources are over- or under-allocated. To avoid this situation, ...
