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Chapter 12 VMware ESX Server Resource Management
technique!to!securely!eliminate!redundant!copies!of!memory!pages.!With!memory!
sharing,!a!workload!running!in!virtual!machines!often!consumes!less!memory!than!it!
would!when!running!on!physical!machines.!As!a!result,!higher!levels!of!
overcommitment!can!be!supported!efficiently.
The!ESX!Server!approach!does!not!require!any!cooperation!from!
the!guest!operating!
system.!Use!the!MemShareScanVM!and!MemShareScanTotal!configuration!options!to!
control!the!rate!at!which!the!system!scans!memory!to!identify!opportunities!for!sharing!
memory.!See!“Service!Console!Commands”!on!page 353.
Managing Virtual Machine Memory
You!can!manage!virtual!machine!memory!from!the!VMware!Management!Interface!or!
from!the!service!console.
Managing Memory Resources from the Management Interface
You!can!also!view!and!change!settings!from!the!virtual!machine!details!pages!in!the!
VMware!Management!Interface.!
To manage memory from the VMware Management Interface
1On!the!server’s!Status!Monitor!page,!click!the!name!of!an!individual!virtual!
machine.!
The!details!page!for!that!virtual!machine!appears.!
2Click!the!Memory!tab.!
3Click!Edit.!