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Service Console Memory

Service Console Memory

Adjusting the amount of memory given to the Service Console is not mandatory but is strongly recommended if you have to install third-party applications into the console operating system. These third-party applications will consume memory available to the Service Console. As noted earlier, the Service Console is only granted 272MB of RAM by default, as shown in Figure 2.35, with a hard-coded maximum of 800MB.

Figure 2.35 The Service Console is allocated 272 MB of RAM by default.

The difference of 528MB is, and should be, negligible in relation to the amount of memory in the ESX Server host. Certainly an ESX Server host in a production network would not have less than 8GB of memory. Even that would be the low end. So adding 528MB of memory for use by the Service Console does not place a significant restriction on the number of virtual machines a host is capable of running due to lack of available memory.

Perform the following steps to increase the amount of memory allocated to the Service Console:

1. Use the VI Client to connect to an ESX Server host or VirtualCenter Server installation.

2. Select the appropriate host from the inventory tree on the left and then select the Configuration tab from the details pane on the right.

3. Select Memory from the Hardware menu.

4. Click the Properties link.

5. As shown in Figure 2.36, enter the amount of memory to be allocated to the Service Console in the text box and then click the OK button. The value entered must be between 256 and 800.

Figure 2.36 The amount of memory allocated to the Service Console can be increased to a maximum of 800 MB.

6. Reboot the ESX Server host. As shown in Figure 2.37, the Configuration tab now reflects the current memory allocated and the new amount of memory to be allocated after a reboot.

Figure 2.37 Altering the amount of memory allocated to the Service Console requires a reboot of the ESX Server host.

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