Using resxtop for Performance Monitoring

You can use the resxtop vCLI command to examine how ESXi systems use resources.

You can use the command in the default interactive mode or in batch mode. The Resource Management documentation explains how to use resxtop and provides information about available commands and display statistics.

If you cannot reach the host with the resxtop vCLI command, you might be able to use the esxtop command in the ESXi Shell instead. See Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces for information on accessing the shell.

Important: resxtop and esxtop are supported only on Linux.