Activate vHT for VMs

vHT is supported with ESXi 8.0, but it is deactivated by default. You can activate vHT under the latency sensitivity settings for each VM.

Prerequisites

When vHT is activated, CPU and Memory must be set to the full reservation. A warning is displayed if you set the reservation lower.

Procedure

1. In vSphere, select the VM.
2. Select Actions and click Edit Settings.
3. Under Latency Sensitivity, click the drop-down menu and select High with Hyperthreading.
4. Click OK.

Results

vHT is activated.