How to investigate Which process is using high memory

[MrVmware9423]

Dear team,

on one ESXi host we have 192GB RAM and on that esxi host we have 5 VMs which r powered on and one VM is powered off, IF I check ESXi summary and performance tab it show ESXi host is using almost 140GB of RAM out of 192GB, In performance tab it show current total current memory usage is 73% and to troubleshoot further if I check individual VM memory utilization then total VM memory usage is not more than 50GB then y it's showing 73% I.e. 140GB usage , need ur assistance to check which process is taking high memory , please find the attached ESXTOP batch output file.

regards

Mr VMware

[a_p_]

What does the Virtual Machines tab show as Consumed Host Memory for each of the VMs? Does this sum up to the 140GB?

André

[MrVmware9423]

Yes the cosumed memory is 140 G for all VMs but active memory is too less for all VMs

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

The Consumed Memory is what's allocated to the VM's (memory pages touched by the VM, plus overhead memory), i.e. the "Memory Usage". Active Memory is usually much lower, and calculated by the Hypervisor using a mathematic formula.

André