6.0.1

Table Of Contents
statistics 104
thresholds 94
Storage I/O Control
enabling 51
limitations 49
monitoring 50
requirements 49
shares and limits 49–51
threshold 52
storage migration recommendations 92
storage requirements 67
Storage vMotion
datastore cluster compatibility 105
recommendations 92
swap file
deleting 42
location 39
using 38
swap files, VMX 37
swap space 40
swap to VMX 37
swapfile location 41
swapfiles 40
system resource allocation, editing 15
System Resource Allocation Table (SRAT) 108
system swap 45
system swap data 46
T
threshold, Storage I/O Control 52
U
updated information 9
V
valid DRS clusters 78
vCenter Server events 85
virtual flash 68
virtual CPUs, changing number 111
virtual machine affinity 86–89
virtual machine anti-affinity 86–89
virtual machine DRS groups 87
Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) 67, 118
virtual machine issues
affinity rules 134
anti-affinity rules 134
CPU 133
memory resources 133
power on failure 135
virtual machine not moved by DRS 135
virtual machine monitor (VMM) 29
virtual machine pinned 124
virtual machine problems 133
virtual machine swapfile location 41
virtual machines
adding to DRS clusters 75
adding to resource pools 58
advanced attributes 118
as resource consumers 12
assigning to a specific processor 24
configuration file 67
DRS automation level 71
memory 29, 37
migration 65
monitor 32
number of virtual processors 20
overhead memory 36
removing from a DRS cluster 75
removing from resource pools 59
sharing memory across 42
swapfile location 40, 41
virtual NUMA
advanced attributes 119
advanced options 111
controlling 111
VM-Host affinity rule
conflicts 89
using 89
VM-VM affinity rule, conflicts 88
VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) 67, 118
VMFS volume requirements 67
VMM 29, 32
vmmemctl, Mem.CtlMaxPercent 116
vMotion 125
VMX swap files 37
vSphere HA, enabling 69
vSphere DRS, creating rules 89
W
wake protocols 82
Wake-on-LAN (WOL), testing 83
working set size 36
Y
yellow DRS clusters 80
Index
VMware, Inc. 141