Underlying all virtual components are the actual physical resources of the host system, such as CPU, RAM, storage, network infrastructure, and so on. vSphere supports sharing of resources on an individual host or across hosts using resource pools. vSphere also supports clusters for failover or load balancing.
What to read next
Resource Management Objects ComputeResource or a ClusterComputeResource managed object. Introduction to Resource Management Resource Allocation Creating and Configuring Resource Pools ComputeResource and with each ClusterComputeResource . Introduction to vSphere Clusters Creating and Configuring Clusters vSphere API Reference . For additional background and details about the failover and load balancing behavior, see vSphere Resource Management and vSphere Availability . Managing DRS Clusters vSphere Resource Management guide. When DRS is running, it generates recommendations and associated information that result in a well balanced cluster, including: Managing HA Clusters AddHost_Task method, or move a host into a cluster by calling the MoveHostInto_Task method or similar.
