Specifications

Administration Guide
208 VMware, Inc.
That!is,!the!virtual!machine!has!three!times!as!much!CPU!time!as!the!service!console,!
as!long!as!the!virtual!machine’s!CPU!percentage!is!between!20%!and!50%.!In!actuality,!
the!virtual!machine!might!get!only!twice!the!CPU!time!of!the!service!console,!because!
three!times!the!CPU!time
!exceeds!50%,!or!the!maximum!CPU!percentage!of!the!virtual!
machine.
To modify CPU resource values:
1Click!Edit.!
The!Edit!CPU!Resources!window!appears.
2 Change!the!settings.
3Click!OK!to!save!the!settings!and!close!the!window.!
If!you!are!running!a!large!number!of!virtual!machines!on!the!same!disk!as!the!service!
console,!consider!
increasing!the!minimum!processor!percentage.!Otherwise,!you!might!
see!performance!problems!with!the!service!console,!even!if!the!virtual!machines!are!
idle.
Click!the!Disk!tab!to!view!information!about!the!service!console!processor!usage.
Configuring the Service Console’s Disk Usage
To!review!and!configure!the!service!console’s!disk!usage,!click!the!Disk!tab.!
Figure 6-11. Disk tab
The!Disk!tab!shows!hard!disk!performance!information!and!resources!allocated!to!the!
service!console.!Disk!bandwidth!represents!the!amount!of!data!that!is!written!to!or!read!
from!the!server’s!physical!disks.
The!values!under!Performance!
indicate!how!much!bandwidth!is!being!used!when!the!
service!console!is!reading!from!or!writing!to!the!physical!disk!on!the!server.