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Chapter 6 Administering ESX Server
The!Shares!value!represents!a!relative!metric!for!controlling!disk!bandwidth,!where!
this!value!is!compared!to!the!sum!of!all!shares!of!all!virtual!machines!on!the!same!disk!
as!the!service!console!and!the!service!console!itself.
For!example,!the!service!console!and!two!VMFS!partitions,!VMFS‐A!and!
VMFS‐B,!are!
located!on!the!same!hard!disk!on!the!ESX!Server!system.!If!the!service!console!has!2000!
shares!and!VMFS‐A!and!VMFS‐B!each!have!1000!shares,!the!service!console!has!twice!
the!disk!bandwidth!of!both!VMFS‐A!and!VMFS‐B.
To modify the number of shares.
1Click!the!Edit!link.
2 Change!
the!number!of!shares.
3Click!OK!to!save!the!change!and!close!the!window.
4Click!the!CPU!tab!to!view!information!about!service!console!processor!usage.
System Logs and Availability Report
From!the!Options!tab!of!the!VMware!Management!Interface,!use!the!System!Logs!and!
Availability!Report!options!to!view!the!following!log!files!and!report!through!the!
management!interface:
! VMkernel!warnings!and!serious!system!alerts,!the!data!for!which!is!gathered!from!
/var/log/vmkwarning!in!the!service!console.!See!“Viewing!VMkernel!Warnings”!
on!page 210.
! VMkernel!messages,!the!data!for!which!is!gathered!from!/var/log/vmkernel!in!
the!service!console.!See!“Viewing!VMkernel!Messages”!on!page 211.