topic Missing Memory - Help! in ESXi Discussions https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Missing-Memory-Help/m-p/1823363#M179700 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>HI All,</P><P></P><P>I am new to ESXi / VMware. I am struggling to understand where all of my memory has gone. My server has 8GB, which is detected fine by the OS. However not all of it is available to VMs???</P><P></P><P>I have checked and it looks like 3.5GB is reserved with no VMs running??</P><P></P><P>Can anyone shed any light on this?</P><P>Thanks Andy</P><P></P><P></P><P> 7:57:44pm up 54 min, 432 worlds, 0 VMs, 0 vCPUs; MEM overcommit avg: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00</P><P>PMEM&nbsp; /MB: 8063&nbsp;&nbsp; total: 1340&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vmk,125 other, 6596 free</P><P>VMKMEM/MB:&nbsp; 8024 managed:&nbsp;&nbsp; 402 minfree,&nbsp; 3451 rsvd,&nbsp;&nbsp; 4573 ursvd,&nbsp; high state</P><P>PSHARE/MB:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 20&nbsp; shared,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 20&nbsp; common:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0 saving</P><P>SWAP&nbsp; /MB:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; curr,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0 rclmtgt:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.00 r/s,&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.00 w/s</P><P>ZIP&nbsp;&nbsp; /MB:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; zipped,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; saved</P><P>MEMCTL/MB:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; curr,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; target,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0 max</P><P></P><P></P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GID NAME&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MEMSZ&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GRANT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CNSM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SZTGT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TCHD&nbsp;&nbsp; TCHD_W</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 16471 hostd.35215&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 70.77&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 37.92&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 37.92&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 41.71&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.53&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.53</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 18150 sfcb-ProviderMa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 23.02&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.82&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.82&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7.50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.96&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.96</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 16520 dcui.35221&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19.66&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.04&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.04&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.54&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.04&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.04</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 11922 vpxa.34634&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18.47&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12.32&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12.32&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13.55&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.52&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.52</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 18141 sfcb-ProviderMa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18.04&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14.38&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14.38&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15.82&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.45&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.45</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 19514 sfcb-ProviderMa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14.23&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.05&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.05&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.46&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.55&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.55</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 26133 esxtop.36535&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13.96&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.99&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.99&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.27&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.27</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 947 vobd.33017&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12.18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.03&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.03&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.23&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.13</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5919 rhttpproxy.3384&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 11.20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.47&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.78&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.78</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 794 vmsyslogd.32996&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7.75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.65&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.91&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.91</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8928 nscd.34240&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.05&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.21&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.21&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.23&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.09&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.09</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 786 vmsyslogd.32995&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.29&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.51&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.75</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1012 vmkeventd.33044&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.52&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.27&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.07</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:52:43 GMT andyman5002 2016-04-04T19:52:43Z Missing Memory - Help! https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Missing-Memory-Help/m-p/1823363#M179700 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>HI All,</P><P></P><P>I am new to ESXi / VMware. I am struggling to understand where all of my memory has gone. My server has 8GB, which is detected fine by the OS. However not all of it is available to VMs???</P><P></P><P>I have checked and it looks like 3.5GB is reserved with no VMs running??</P><P></P><P>Can anyone shed any light on this?</P><P>Thanks Andy</P><P></P><P></P><P> 7:57:44pm up 54 min, 432 worlds, 0 VMs, 0 vCPUs; MEM overcommit avg: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00</P><P>PMEM&nbsp; /MB: 8063&nbsp;&nbsp; total: 1340&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vmk,125 other, 6596 free</P><P>VMKMEM/MB:&nbsp; 8024 managed:&nbsp;&nbsp; 402 minfree,&nbsp; 3451 rsvd,&nbsp;&nbsp; 4573 ursvd,&nbsp; high state</P><P>PSHARE/MB:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 20&nbsp; shared,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 20&nbsp; common:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0 saving</P><P>SWAP&nbsp; /MB:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; curr,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0 rclmtgt:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.00 r/s,&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.00 w/s</P><P>ZIP&nbsp;&nbsp; /MB:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; zipped,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; saved</P><P>MEMCTL/MB:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; curr,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp; target,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0 max</P><P></P><P></P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GID NAME&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MEMSZ&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GRANT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CNSM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SZTGT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TCHD&nbsp;&nbsp; TCHD_W</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 16471 hostd.35215&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 70.77&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 37.92&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 37.92&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 41.71&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.53&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.53</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 18150 sfcb-ProviderMa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 23.02&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.82&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.82&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7.50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.96&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.96</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 16520 dcui.35221&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19.66&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.04&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.04&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.54&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.04&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.04</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 11922 vpxa.34634&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18.47&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12.32&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12.32&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13.55&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.52&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.52</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 18141 sfcb-ProviderMa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18.04&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14.38&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14.38&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15.82&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.45&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.45</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 19514 sfcb-ProviderMa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14.23&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.05&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.05&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.46&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.55&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.55</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 26133 esxtop.36535&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13.96&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.99&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.99&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.59&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.27&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.27</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 947 vobd.33017&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12.18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.03&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.03&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.23&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.13</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5919 rhttpproxy.3384&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 11.20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.47&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.78&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.78</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 794 vmsyslogd.32996&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7.75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.65&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.91&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.91</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8928 nscd.34240&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.05&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.21&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.21&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.23&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.09&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.09</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 786 vmsyslogd.32995&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.29&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.51&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.75</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1012 vmkeventd.33044&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.52&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.27&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.07</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:52:43 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Missing-Memory-Help/m-p/1823363#M179700 andyman5002 2016-04-04T19:52:43Z Re: Missing Memory - Help! https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Missing-Memory-Help/m-p/1823364#M179701 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The rsvd field in esxtop consists of the memory allocated to system resourcepools and the minimum memory vmkernel requires.</P><P></P><P>ESXi is also an operating system and it requires some amount of memory to function. This contains the memory required for various vmkernel modules </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Apr 2016 05:52:40 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Missing-Memory-Help/m-p/1823364#M179701 Techie01 2016-04-05T05:52:40Z Re: Missing Memory - Help! https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Missing-Memory-Help/m-p/1823365#M179702 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for the reply.</P><P></P><P>What confuses me is under the resources tab it says host memory is something like 34mb, not 3.4GB, it seems a lot considering nothing was running?</P><P></P><P>Do you think this figure is about right? If so I will need to order a new server.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:25:05 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Missing-Memory-Help/m-p/1823365#M179702 andyman5002 2016-04-05T14:25:05Z