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VM's on NUMA nodes

Hello,

ESXi 5.5 U2 on dual-socket host (NUMA)

How can i see on what NUMA nodes which virtual machines are?

i.e.:

numa node0

vm1

vm2

vm3

numa node1

vm4

vm5

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Hello,

you will see this information via ESXTOP:

1. Login to ESXi shell and run esxtop

2. Press "m" to enter to the memory statistics

3. Press "f" to change the fields displayed

4. Press "G" again to display NUMA statistic

NHN = column will show you current VM NUMA node

NRMEM = current amount of remote memory being accessed by VM (ideally should be ZERO)

Using this command you will get detailed information about NUMA nodes on your host:

esxcli hardware memory get | grep NUMA

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vNEX
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Hello,

you will see this information via ESXTOP:

1. Login to ESXi shell and run esxtop

2. Press "m" to enter to the memory statistics

3. Press "f" to change the fields displayed

4. Press "G" again to display NUMA statistic

NHN = column will show you current VM NUMA node

NRMEM = current amount of remote memory being accessed by VM (ideally should be ZERO)

Using this command you will get detailed information about NUMA nodes on your host:

esxcli hardware memory get | grep NUMA

_________________________________________________________________________________________ If you found this or any other answer helpful, please consider to award points. (use Correct or Helpful buttons) Regards, P.
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Thank you.

is it possible to see this information in the GUI (vClient/WebClient )?

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vNEX
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If I'm not mistaken NUMA statistics are accessible only through ESXTOP tool...

_________________________________________________________________________________________ If you found this or any other answer helpful, please consider to award points. (use Correct or Helpful buttons) Regards, P.
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