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Automated Resource Allocation

Is there a way in Virtual Center or an add-on product to automate resource allocation that adaptively set resources based on demand thresholds for our ESX server farm?

We like/need to automate our resource allocations so, if the CPU utilization of a given VM exceeds a certain level, to have the software allocates more resource from less critical VMs automatically.

Thanks in advance,

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You already can do that with Resource groups in Virtual Center or even with shares manipulation.

If you have a VM that is more critical then others then adjust its shares to give it more priority when there is contention for resources.

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_301_201_resource_mgmt.pdf