Information Technology Reference
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To add a placement rule, edit the properties of the host group, and on the placement tab
click Add. You then specify a custom property, and one of the following requirements:
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Virtual Machine Must Match Host
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Virtual Machine Should Match Host
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Virtual Machine Must Not Match Host
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Virtual Machine Should Not Match Host
Host reserves
Host reserves allow you to configure the resources that VMM should set aside for the host
operating system. When VMM is going to place a new VM on a host, that host must be able
to meet the VM's resource requirements without exceeding the configured host reserves. As
Figure 3-42 shows, you can configure host reserves for:
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CPU
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Memory
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Disk I/O
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Disk Space
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Network I/O
FIGURE 3-42
Host reserves
