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VMW Virtual Machine Memory Swapping
Purpose
This rule monitors for the swapping in and out of virtual machine memory.
Scope
VMWVirtualMachineMemory
Views Displaying Alarms Based on this Rule
•“Virtual Infrastructure View” on page 89
•“vmExplorer Primary View” on page 91
•“Summary View” on page 92
•“Related Objects Views” on page 95
•“Actions Panel” on page 97
•“Navigation View” on page 98
•“Infrastructure Overview” on page 99
•“Alarms Overview” on page 102
•“Alarms List View” on page 103
Rule Definition
Conditions State Action
The virtual machine has not moved any of its
memory from its physical pages to the VMware
swap file within the ESX Server.
Normal None
The virtual machine has moved some of its memory
from its physical pages to the VMware swap file
within the ESX Server. This may adversely affect
the virtual machine’s performance.
Critical None
The virtual machine is actively using memory that it
has moved to the VMware swap file. This will
adversely affect the virtual machine’s performance.
Fatal None