When you are logged in to the VMware Host Client, you can view information about resource usage of the ESXi host that you are managing in line chart form.

To reduce memory consumption, the VMware Host Client only contains statistics for the last hour.

Procedure

  1. Click Monitor in the VMware Host Client and click Performance.
  2. (Optional) To view the host usage for the last hour, select an option from the drop-down menu.
    • To view the percentage of CPU that the host used during the last hour, select CPU.
    • To view the percentage of memory that the host consumed during the last hour, select Memory.
    • To view the memory and CPU composite that the host consumed during the last hour, select CPU + memory composite.
    • To view the percentage of network that the host consumed during the last hour, select Network.
    • To view the disk usage that the host consumed during the last hour, select Disk.