Specifications

Administration Guide
354 VMware, Inc.
current!target!size,!memory!overhead!for!virtualization!and!the!amount!of!allocated!
memory!actively!in!use.!All!memory! sizes!are!reported!in!kilobytes.
/proc/vmware/sched/mem
Reading!from!this!file!reports!the!memory!status!information!for!all!non‐system!virtual!
machines!in!the!entire!system!as!well!as!several!aggregate!totals.
Writing!the!string!realloc
!to!this!file!causes!an!immediate!memory!reallocation.!
Memory!is!normally!reallocated!periodically!every!MemBalancePeriod!seconds.!(See!
/proc/vmware/config/MemBalancePeriod!below!for!more!information.)
Reallocations!are!also! triggered!by!significant!changes!in!the!amount!of!free!memory.
/proc/vmware/mem
Reading!from!this!file!reports!the!maximum!size!with!which!a!new!virtual!machine!can!
be
!powered!on,!admission!control!status!including!the!amount!of!unreserved!memory!
and!unreserved!swap!space!and!the!current!amount!of!free!memory!in!the!system.
/proc/vmware/pshare/status
Reading!from!this!file!reports!various!detailed!statistics!about!the!current!status!of!
transparent!page!sharing.
/proc/vmware/swap/stats
Reading!from!this!file!reports!various!detailed!swap!statistics.
/proc/vmware/config/Mem/SharesPerMBLow
Specifies!the
!a!numerical!value!for!the!low!shares!value.!By!default,!this!number!is!
5.This!number!is!multiplied!by!the!virtual!machine’s!maximum!memory!size!to!obtain!
the!number!of!shares.
/proc/vmware/config/Mem/SharesPerMBNormal
Specifies!the!a!numerical!value!for!the!normal!shares!value.!By!default,!this!number!is!
10.!This!number!is!multiplied
!by!the!virtual!machine’s!maximum!memory!size!to!
obtain!the!number!of!shares.
/proc/vmware/config/Mem/SharesPerMBHigh
Specifies!the!a!numerical!value!for!the!high!shares!value.!By!default,!this!number!is!20.!
This!number!is!multiplied!by!the!virtual!machine’s!maximum!memory!size!to!obtain!
the!number!of!shares.
/proc/vmware/config/Mem/BalancePeriod