Hello All,
Can someone explain or point to guides where describes how esxtop results and columns description is and what's the recommendation for optimal performance. Thanks in advance!
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Stefan Nguyen
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For column descriptions - page 160 and following - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_esx_resource_mgmt.pdf
Weeeeell, try some of the options, like hitting "m" will give you memory, hitting the "c" will give you CPU, or other options like
-h prints this help menu.
-v prints version.
-b enables batch mode.
-s enables secure mode.
-R enables replay mode.
-d sets the delay between updates in seconds.
-n runs esxtop for only n iterations.
Hope that helped.
I've read the esxtop guide but didn't say much of the columns headers !
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For column descriptions - page 160 and following - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_esx_resource_mgmt.pdf
Did you try "man esxtop"?
Ken Cline
Technical Director, Virtualization
VMware Communities User Moderator
Thanks guys for the information I'll take a look on the pdf that's very precise.
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Here is a good tip for you. You can analyze the results with Perfmon on your Windows system.
run esxtop in batch mode, redirected to a file...
esxtop -b > mycapture.csv
Use a program like WinSCP or SecureFX to copy the export file to your Windows system
Open Perfmon
Click the view log data icon (looks like a cylinder), select log files as your data source, and click Add to add your mycapture.csv file
Select your desired time range
From the data tab, select your desired counters
Enjoy!