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How to find top memory or CPU consuming process in linux
There are many ways to find this but quick and widely used method will be using top or ps command. Find the top memory consuming process using top command top -o +%MEM | head -n 20 Similarly, if we have to find top CPU consuming process, command will be top -o +%CPU | head -n…
How to find which vmnic is VM connected to in ESXi
Sometimes there is a need to find which physical NIC is VM connected to in ESXi server. Below i am listing two quick methods to find these. There may be other ways also. First method using esxtop. SSH into Esxi server. Then type “esxtop”. Then press ‘n’ to get networking view. In the third column…
vmfsfilelockinfo – tool to check which host is holding locks on vm files.
vmfsfilelockinfo is inbuilt tool on ESX server to check which host is holding the lock on VM files. To prevent concurrent changes to virtual machine files, ESXi host establish locks on virtual machine files. Once we vmotion virtual machine from ESX host A to ESX host B, then that host B holds the lock of…
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