Specifications

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Remove!unnecessary!
programs!or!services!
from!your!virtual!
machines.
Remove!unnecessary!programs!or!services,!such!as!CPU‐intensive!
screensavers,!from!your!virtual!machines.
Run!Linux!virtual!machines!without!the!X!Window!system,!if!
possible.
Make!sure!that!the!
service!console!has!
enough!CPU!and!RAM.
If!you!are!running!a!lot!of!virtual
!machines!on!ESX!server,!and!you!
notice!a!degradation!in!system!performance,!inc rease!the!CPU!
minimum!for!the!service!console.!See!“Managing!the!Service!
Console”!on!page 168
Make!sure!there!is!
sufficient!swap!space!
for!your!guest!
operating!system.
For!resource!management!purposes,!ESX!Server!may!increase!the!
memory!utilization!within!
a!guest!operating!system.!Ensure!that!
the!guest!operating!system!has!sufficient!swap!space.!
Add!additional!sw ap!space!in!the!guest!operating!system,!equal!to!
the!difference!between!the!virtual!machineʹs!maximum!and!
minimum!memory!sizes.
See!“A d m i s s i o n !Control!Policy”!on!page 332.
Remove!unnecessary!
programs!or!services!
from!your!service!
console.
Do!not!run!the!X!Window!system!in!your!service!console.
Use!SNMP!to!watch!
memory,!resource!
usage,!and!workloads!
on!ESX!Server!and!its!
virtual!machines.
See!Chapter 7,!“Using!SNMP!with!ESX!Server.”
Table 1-4. Performance-related tasks for an Administrator (Continued)
Task Description