6.5.1

Prepare for Replay Mode
To run in replay mode, you must prepare for replay mode.
Procedure
1 Run vm-support in snapshot mode in the ESXi Shell.
Use the following command.
vm-support -S -d duration -I interval
2 Unzip and untar the resulting tar le so that esxtop can use it in replay mode.
You can now use esxtop in replay mode.
Use esxtop in Replay Mode
You can use esxtop in replay mode.
Replay mode can be run to produce output in the same style as batch mode (see the command-line option b,
below).
N Batch output from esxtop cannot be played back by resxtop.
Snapshots collected by vm-supported can be replayed by esxtop. However, vm-support output generated
by ESXi can be replayed only by esxtop running on the same version of ESXi.
Procedure
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To activate replay mode, enter the following at the command-line prompt.
esxtop -R vm-support_dir_path
Replay Mode Command-Line Options
You can use replay mode with command-line options.
The following table lists the command-line options available for esxtop replay mode.
Table 7‑19. Command-Line Options in Replay Mode
Option Description
R
Path to the vm-support collected snapshot’s directory.
a
Show all statistics. This option overrides conguration le setups and shows all statistics. The
conguration le can be the default ~/.esxtop50rc conguration le or a user-dened
conguration le.
b Runs esxtop in Batch mode.
c lename Load a user-dened conguration le. If the -c option is not used, the default conguration
lename is ~/.esxtop50rc. Create your own conguration le and specify a dierent lename
using the W single-key interactive command.
d
Species the delay between panel updates. The default is ve seconds. The minimum is two
seconds. If a delay of less than two seconds is specied, the delay is set to two seconds.
n Number of iterations esxtop updates the display this number of times and then exits.
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