Using resource pools
Resource pools are logical abstractions of resources that can be grouped into hierarchies to reserve or limit CPU and memory resources to virtual machines and subordinate Resource Pools. Shares, limits, and reservations can be applied to a pool and expanded from child pools into parent pools.
How to do it…
- Understand how resource pool shares, reservations, and limits are applied.
- Create and configure resource pools to reserve or limit resources to virtual machines. The following screenshot shows how a resource pool is created and configured with Shares, Reservation, and Limit for CPU and Memory resources:
How it works…
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