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BusyBox in ESX4i

Is it possible to give busybox, the hidden console, in ESX4i more memory? How about more CPU resources?

How can I do this from the VI Client?

thanks,

-h

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Dave_Mishchenko
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You can tweak some of the settings in Configuration > Software > System Resource Allocation (click Advanced).  Some of the settings are fixed.  For example the  root directory for the memory file system is set to 32 MB and only takes a value of 0 to 32.

What sort of problem are you experiencing that would require a resource change?

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Why would you want to do that?

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I want to run scripts in the hidden console. I realize this is probably not a supported thing to do. I did notice a major performance hit when I compared how long it took the same script to run in the ESX server compared to the ESXi server. I was looking for a way to increase the system resources (memory most likely) to speed things up.

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h

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Dave_Mishchenko
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Would you know which parts of the script are running slowly?

Ideally you would look at migrating the scripts to the vCLI or PowerCLI.

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