6.5.1

Configure vApp CPU and Memory Resources
You can configure the CPU and memory resource allocation for the vApp.
Reservations on vApps and all their child resource pools, child vApps, and child virtual machines count
against the parent resources only if those objects are powered on.
Prerequisites
Required privilege: vApp.vApp resource configuration on the vApp.
Procedure
1 Navigate to a vApp in the inventory and click Edit vApp Settings.
2 In the Deployment section, click CPU resources to allocate CPU resources to this vApp.
Option Description
Shares CPU shares for this vApp with respect to the parent’s total. Sibling vApps share
resources according to their relative share values bounded by the reservation and
limit. Select Low, Normal, or High, which specify share values respectively in a
1:2:4 ratio. Select Custom to give each vApp a specific number of shares, which
express a proportional weight.
Reservation Guaranteed CPU allocation for this vApp.
Reservation Type Select the Expandable check box to make the reservation expandable. When the
vApp is powered on, if the combined reservations of its virtual machines are
larger than the reservation of the vApp, the vApp can use resources from its
parent or ancestors.
Limit Upper limit for this vApp's CPU allocation. Select Unlimited to specify no upper
limit.
3 In the Deployment section, click Memory resources to allocate memory resources to this vApp.
Option Description
Shares Memory shares for this vApp with respect to the parent’s total. Sibling vApps
share resources according to their relative share values bounded by the
reservation and limit. Select Low, Normal, or High, which specify share values
respectively in a 1:2:4 ratio. Select Custom to give each vApp a specific number
of shares, which express a proportional weight.
Reservation Guaranteed memory allocation for this vApp.
Reservation Type Select the Expandable check box to make the reservation expandable. When the
vApp is powered on, if the combined reservations of its virtual machines are
larger than the reservation of the vApp, the vApp can use resources from its
parent or ancestors.
Limit Upper limit for this vApp's memory allocation. Select Unlimited to specify no
upper limit.
4 Click OK.
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