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C H A P T E R 1 2 VMware ESX Server Resource Management

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Monitoring Memory Statistics

The VMware Management Interface provides information on the current use of RAM

by the physical computer and the virtual machines running on it. View the Status

Monitor page in the management interface.

The System Summary section at the top shows systemwide information. The Virtual

Machines section below it shows information for particular virtual machines.

You can also read the current memory statistics for a virtual machine from its status

file on the service console. For example, to view the statistics for the virtual machine

with ID 103, use this command:

cat /proc/vmware/vm/103/mem/status

The results are displayed in the following format:

vm mctl? shares min max size/sizetgt

217300/217300

103 yes 2560 131072 262144

memctl/mctltgt swapped/swaptgt swapin swapout

39168/ 39168 5672/ 5672 13289 18961

cptread/cpt-tgt shared active overhd/ovhdmax ovhdpea

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