Specifications

Administration Guide
100 VMware, Inc.
Understanding Performance Values
The!values!under!Performance!are!based!on!the!past!five!minutes.!The!period!of!time!
these!statistics!cover!can!be!modified.!See!“Configuring!the!Statistics!Period!for!the!
VMware!Management!Interface”!on!page 81.!Performance!information!displayed!
includes:
! Read!Bandwidth!–!Amount!of!bandwidth!being!used!when!the!virtual!machine!is!
reading!from!the!physical!disk!on!the!server.!
! Write!Bandwidth!–!Amount!of!bandwidth!being!used!when!the!virtual!machine!
is!writing!to!the!physical!disk!on!the!server.!
Understanding Resources Values
The!values!under!Resources!indicate!a!range!of!system!memory!to!which!the!virtual!
machine!is!entitled.!
! Shares!–!Relative!metric!for!controlling!disk!bandwidth!to!all!virtual!machines.!
The!values!low,!normal,!and!high!are!compared!to!the!sum!of!all!shares!of!all!
virtual!machines!on!the!server!and!the!service!console.!Share!allocation!symbolic!
values!can!be!used!to!configure!their!conversion!into!numeric
!values.!
For!more!information!on!share!values,!refer!to!the!resource!management!man!
pages:!cpu,!diskbw,!and!mem.!
! Memory!Affinity!–!If!displayed,!the!NUMA!nodes!on!the!ESX!Server!system!to!
which!the!virtual!machine!can!be!bound,!when!the!ESX!Server!system!a!NUMA!
system.!See!“Using!Your!NUMA!System”!on!page 358.
Modifying Disk Values
To!modify!disk!values,!click!Edit.!For!information!on!changing!disk!settings,!see!
“Managing!Disk!Bandwidth”!on!page 371.
Configuring a Virtual Machine’s Networking Settings
To!review!and!configure!the!virtual!machine’s!networking!settings,!click!the!Network!
tab.!