Specifications

Basic System Administration
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8 SelectAdvanced>SwapfileLocation.
Chooseoneofthefollowingoptions:
 Default—Storethevirtualmachineswapfileatthedefaultlocationdefined
bythehostorclusterswapfilesettings.See“HostConfigurationforESX
ServerandVirtualCenter”onpage 69formoreinformationonhostswapfile
settings.SeetheResourceManagementGuideformoreinformationoncluster
settings.
 Alwaysstorewiththevirtualmachine—Storethevirtualmachineswapfile
inthesamefolderasthevirtualmachineconfigurationfile.
 Storeinthehost’sswapfiledatastore—Storethevirtualmachineswapfilein
theswapfiledatastoredefinedbythehostorclusterswapfilesettings.
Changing Virtual Machine Resource Settings
IntheVirtualMachinePropertiesdialogbox,youcanadjustthehostresource
allocationfortheselectedvirtualmachine.YoucanchangeCPU,memory,disk,and
advancedCPUresourcesfromthistab.
Formoreinformationonresources,seetheResourceManagementGuide.
CPU Resources
TheCPUResourcespanelletsyouallocateprocessorresourcesforavirtualmachine,
specifyingreservations,limits,andshares.Youcaneditsomeofthesameinformation
ontheResourcePoolstabofthemainVIClientwindow,whichyoumightdotoedit
resourcesettingsatthesametimeyouedited
othervirtualmachinesettings.
To change CPU settings
1ClicktheResourcestab.
2 SelectCPUintheSettingslist.
3 Selectasharesvalue,whichrepresentsarelativemetricforallocatingCPU
capacity.
 Shares–ThevaluesLow,Normal,High,andCustomarecomparedtothe
sumofallsharesofallvirtualmachinesontheserverand,onESXServer3
hosts,theserviceconsole.Shareallocationsymbolicvaluescanbeusedto
configuretheirconversionintonumericvalues.