Specifications

Administration Guide
96 VMware, Inc.
! On!the!Status!Monitor!or!a!details!pane!for!that!virtual!machine,!click!the!arrow!to!
the!right!of!the!terminal!icon!(!!)!and!select!Configure!Hardware!or!Configure!
Options!in!the!Virtual!Machine!menu.!See!“Using!the!Virtual!Machine!Menu”!on!
page 86.
A!new!browser!window!appears,!allowing!you!
to!make!changes!to!the!virtual!
machine’s!configuration.
Configuring a Virtual Machine’s CPU Usage
To!review!and!configure!the!virtual!machine’s!processor!usage,! click!the!CPU!tab.
Figure 3-3. CPU Tab
The!CPU!tab!shows!how!much!of!the!server!processor!or!processors!each!virtual!
processor!is!utilizing,!how!CPU!resources!are!allocated!to!the!virtual!machine,!whether!
Hyper‐Threading!is!enabled,!and!whether!there!is!any!scheduling!
affinity!to!any!
specified!processors!on!the!server.
Understanding Performance Values
The!values!under!Performance!are!based! on!the!past!five!minutes.!The!period!of!time!
these!statistics!cover!can!be!modified.!See!“Configuring!the!Statistics!Period!for!the!
VMware!Management!Interface”!on!page 81.
Performance!information!displayed!includes!CPU!Utilization,!which!is!the!amount!of!
the!server!processor!or!processors!each!virtual
!processor!is!utilizing.