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VMware ESX Server Administration Guide
The preceding output is shown with additional line breaks, in order to avoid wrapping
long lines. All memory sizes are reported in kilobytes; 1 megabyte = 1024KB. The
columns indicate:
In this example, the virtual machine with ID 103 is running the vmmemctl driver and
is not currently blocked waiting for memory. The virtual machine is configured to use
between 128MB and 256MB and has been allocated 2560 memory shares. It is
currently allocated about 212MB. Approximately 44MB has been reclaimed for use by
other virtual machines — 38MB via vmmemctl and nearly 6MB via swapping to the
ESX server swap file. Of the 212MB allocated to the virtual machine, more than 37MB is
shared — for example with other virtual machines. The current working set estimate
for the virtual machine is approximately 187MB. About 14MB of overhead memory is
currently being used for virtualization, out of a maximum of 54MB.
Cautions
VMware supplies vmmemctl drivers for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows
2000, Windows NT 4.0, and Linux. The appropriate vmmemctl driver is installed
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vm Virtual machine identifier
mctl? vmmemctl driver active?
shares Memory shares associated with the virtual machine
min Minimum size
max Maximum size
size Current size
sizetgt Target size
memctl Currently reclaimed using vmmemctl
mctltgt Target to reclaim using vmmemctl
swapped Currently swapped to VMFS swap file
swaptgt Target to swap to VMFS swap file
swapin Total number of pages swapped in from VMFS swap file
swapout Total number of pages swapped out to VMFS swap file
cptread (Resumed virtual machines only) Number of pages read from suspend file
cpt-tgt (Resumed virtual machines only) Number of pages to read from suspend file
shared Memory shared via transparent page sharing
active Current working set estimate
overhd Current overhead memory size
ovhdmax Maximum overhead memory size
ovhdpeak Maximum overhead memory used
affinity (NUMA machines only) Memory affinity for the virtual machine