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Figure 11.11
h e Development
VMs resource pool
is confi gured for
lower-priority
access to CPU and
memory in the
event of resource
contention.
Confi guring Resource Pools
Before we can show you how resource pools behave with regard to resource allocation, you
must i rst create and coni gure the resource pools. Use the resource pools, shown earlier in
Figure 11.10 and Figure 11.11, as examples for creating and coni guring resource pools.
To create a resource pool, simply right-click either an individual ESXi host or a cluster of ESXi
hosts, and select New Resource Pool. In the Create Resource Pool dialog box, you'll need to sup-
ply a name for the new resource pool and set the CPU and Memory values as desired.
After you create the resource pool, you must move the VMs into it by clicking the VM in the
inventory panel and dragging it onto the appropriate resource pool. The result is a hierarchy
similar to that shown in Figure 11.12.
Figure 11.12
VMs assigned to
a resource pool
consume resources
allocated to the
resource pool.
