You can configure the CPU and memory resource allocation for the vApp.

Reservations on vApps and all their child resource pools, child vApps, and child virtual machines count against the parent resources only if those objects are powered on.

Prerequisites

Required privilege: vApp.vApp resource configuration on the vApp.

Procedure

  1. Right-click a vApp in the inventory and click Edit Settings.
  2. To allocate CPU resources to the vApp, click the Resources tab and expand CPU.
    Option Description
    Shares

    CPU shares for this vApp with respect to the parent’s total. Sibling vApps share resources according to their relative share values bounded by the reservation and limit. Select Low, Normal, or High, which specify share values respectively in a 1:2:4 ratio. Select Custom to give each vApp a specific number of shares, which express a proportional weight.

    Reservation

    Guaranteed CPU allocation for this vApp.

    Reservation Type To make the reservation expandable, select the Expandable check box. When the vApp is powered on, if the combined reservations of its virtual machines are larger than the reservation of the vApp, the vApp can use resources from its parent or ancestors.
    Limit

    Upper limit for this vApp's CPU allocation. Select Unlimited to specify no upper limit.

  3. To allocate memory resources to the vApp, click the Resources tab and expand Memory.
    Option Description
    Shares

    Memory shares for this vApp with respect to the parent’s total. Sibling vApps share resources according to their relative share values bounded by the reservation and limit. Select Low, Normal, or High, which specify share values respectively in a 1:2:4 ratio. Select Custom to give each vApp a specific number of shares, which express a proportional weight.

    Reservation

    Guaranteed memory allocation for this vApp.

    Reservation Type To make the reservation expandable, select the Expandable check box to make the reservation expandable. When the vApp is powered on, if the combined reservations of its virtual machines are larger than the reservation of the vApp, the vApp can use resources from its parent or ancestors.
    Limit

    Upper limit for this vApp's memory allocation. Select Unlimited to specify no upper limit.

  4. Click OK.