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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-19 02:57:58 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-19 02:57:58 +0000 |
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diff --git a/health/guides/vsphere/vsphere_vm_mem_usage.md b/health/guides/vsphere/vsphere_vm_mem_usage.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0e699214 --- /dev/null +++ b/health/guides/vsphere/vsphere_vm_mem_usage.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +### Understand the alert + +This alert is triggered when a virtual machine's memory usage in a vSphere environment is significantly higher than normal, indicating potential performance issues or insufficient memory allocation. + +### Troubleshoot the alert + +1. **Check memory usage**: Monitor the virtual machine's memory usage to identify potential bottlenecks or high memory consumption by applications. + +2. **Inspect applications**: Review applications running on the virtual machine to identify those consuming excessive memory, and determine if it's expected behavior or a memory leak. + +3. **Adjust memory allocation**: If the virtual machine consistently has high memory usage, consider increasing the allocated memory to improve performance. + +4. **Optimize applications**: Identify opportunities to optimize applications running on the virtual machine to reduce memory consumption. + +5. **Monitor performance**: Keep an eye on the virtual machine's performance metrics to ensure that changes in memory usage or allocation do not negatively impact performance. + +### Useful resources + +1. [VMware vSphere Documentation](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/index.html) +2. [vSphere Performance Monitoring and Analysis](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-81E25CBB-16D9-416B-AD6F-5A96D7CD0A2D.html) |