6.0.1
Table Of Contents
- vSphere Resource Management
- Contents
- About vSphere Resource Management
- Updated Information
- Getting Started with Resource Management
- Configuring Resource Allocation Settings
- CPU Virtualization Basics
- Administering CPU Resources
- Memory Virtualization Basics
- Administering Memory Resources
- View Graphics Information
- Managing Storage I/O Resources
- Managing Resource Pools
- Creating a DRS Cluster
- Using DRS Clusters to Manage Resources
- Creating a Datastore Cluster
- Initial Placement and Ongoing Balancing
- Storage Migration Recommendations
- Create a Datastore Cluster
- Enable and Disable Storage DRS
- Set the Automation Level for Datastore Clusters
- Setting the Aggressiveness Level for Storage DRS
- Datastore Cluster Requirements
- Adding and Removing Datastores from a Datastore Cluster
- Using Datastore Clusters to Manage Storage Resources
- Using NUMA Systems with ESXi
- Advanced Attributes
- Fault Definitions
- Virtual Machine is Pinned
- Virtual Machine not Compatible with any Host
- VM/VM DRS Rule Violated when Moving to another Host
- Host Incompatible with Virtual Machine
- Host has Virtual Machine that Violates VM/VM DRS Rules
- Host has Insufficient Capacity for Virtual Machine
- Host in Incorrect State
- Host has Insufficient Number of Physical CPUs for Virtual Machine
- Host has Insufficient Capacity for Each Virtual Machine CPU
- The Virtual Machine is in vMotion
- No Active Host in Cluster
- Insufficient Resources
- Insufficient Resources to Satisfy Configured Failover Level for HA
- No Compatible Hard Affinity Host
- No Compatible Soft Affinity Host
- Soft Rule Violation Correction Disallowed
- Soft Rule Violation Correction Impact
- DRS Troubleshooting Information
- Cluster Problems
- Load Imbalance on Cluster
- Cluster is Yellow
- Cluster is Red Because of Inconsistent Resource Pool
- Cluster is Red Because Failover Capacity is Violated
- No Hosts are Powered Off When Total Cluster Load is Low
- Hosts are Powered Off When Total Cluster Load is High
- DRS Seldom or Never Performs vMotion Migrations
- Host Problems
- DRS Recommends Host be Powered On to Increase Capacity When Total Cluster Load Is Low
- Total Cluster Load Is High
- Total Cluster Load Is Low
- DRS Does Not Evacuate a Host Requested to Enter Maintenance or Standby Mode
- DRS Does Not Move Any Virtual Machines onto a Host
- DRS Does Not Move Any Virtual Machines from a Host
- Virtual Machine Problems
- Cluster Problems
- Index
IBM Enterprise X-Architecture 110
manual controls 112
memory affinity 114
memory page sharing 110
optimization algorithms 109
page migration 109
scheduling 108
supported architectures 110
transparent page sharing 110
virtual 110, 111
Numa.AutoMemAffinity 117
Numa.MigImbalanceThreshold 117
Numa.PageMigEnable 117
Numa.RebalanceCoresNode 117
Numa.RebalanceCoresTotal 117
Numa.RebalanceEnable 117
Numa.RebalancePeriod 117
O
overcommitted DRS clusters 80
overhead memory 29, 45
P
page migration, NUMA 109
parent resource pool 55
partially automated DRS 70
pcpus insufficient 125
performance, CPU-bound applications 20
physical processors 21
policies
CPU power management 25
host power management 26
power management policies, CPU 25
power on, single virtual machine 64
preface 7
processor-specific behavior 20
processors
assigning 24
compatibility requirements 67
R
recommendations, Storage DRS 99
red DRS clusters 81
Reliable Memory 120
requirements, datastore clusters 95
reservation 14
resource allocation settings
changing 16
limit 14
reservation 14
shares 13
suggestions 15
resource consumers 12
resource management
customizing 115
goals 12
resource pool tree snapshot 72
resource pools
adding virtual machines 58
admission control 60
advantages 56
creating 57
deleting 60
editing attributes of 58
grafted 73, 74
parent 55
removing 60
removing virtual machines 59
root resource pool 55
siblings 55
resource providers 11
resource types 11
restore a resource pool tree snapshot 72
root resource pool 55
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sched.mem.maxmemctl 38, 118
sched.mem.pshare.enable 118
sched.swap.dir 118
sched.swap.persist 118
shares, Storage I/O Control 49
shares and limits, Storage I/O Control 50
sharing memory 30
siblings 55
single virtual machine power on 64
single-processor virtual machine 19
single-threaded applications 20
SMP virtual machines 20
standby mode, Last Time Exited Standby 85
Storage DRS
about 93
affinity rules 101
aggressiveness 94
anti-affinity rules 102
automation level 100
disabling 93
enabling 93
I/O load balancing 94
initial placement 92
maintenance mode 97
recommendations 92, 99
scheduled task 100
space load balancing 94
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