6.5.1

Memory Reclamation 35
Using Swap Files 36
Sharing Memory Across Virtual Machines 40
Memory Compression 41
Measuring and Dierentiating Types of Memory Usage 42
Memory Reliability 43
About System Swap 43
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Conguring Virtual Graphics 45
View GPU Statistics 45
Add an NVIDIA GRID vGPU to a Virtual Machine 45
Conguring Host Graphics 46
Conguring Graphics Devices 47
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Managing Storage I/O Resources 49
About Virtual Machine Storage Policies 50
About I/O Filters 50
Storage I/O Control Requirements 50
Storage I/O Control Resource Shares and Limits 51
Set Storage I/O Control Resource Shares and Limits 52
Enable Storage I/O Control 52
Set Storage I/O Control Threshold Value 53
Storage DRS Integration with Storage Proles 54
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Managing Resource Pools 55
Why Use Resource Pools? 56
Create a Resource Pool 57
Edit a Resource Pool 58
Add a Virtual Machine to a Resource Pool 58
Remove a Virtual Machine from a Resource Pool 59
Remove a Resource Pool 60
Resource Pool Admission Control 60
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Creating a DRS Cluster 63
Admission Control and Initial Placement 63
Virtual Machine Migration 65
DRS Cluster Requirements 67
Conguring DRS with Virtual Flash 68
Create a Cluster 68
Edit Cluster Seings 69
Set a Custom Automation Level for a Virtual Machine 71
Disable DRS 72
Restore a Resource Pool Tree 72
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Using DRS Clusters to Manage Resources 73
Adding Hosts to a Cluster 73
Adding Virtual Machines to a Cluster 75
Removing Virtual Machines from a Cluster 75
vSphere Resource Management
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