Chapter 10: VM Resource Management

1. (b) False
2. The differences between reservations, limits, and shares are as follows:
   • Reservations specify the minimum allocation guaranteed to a VM. When the VM is powered on, the ESXi hypervisor assigns resources based on the specified minimum reservation regardless of whether the physical server is heavily loaded.
   • Using limits, you can specify the maximum amount of resources a VM can use. If the limit is not set, a VM will consume up to the maximum amount of resources based on its configuration and the virtual hardware used.
   • Shares specify the priority of a VM to get resources during a period of contention. When resources in an ESXi host are limited, and the VMs compete to access resources, the VMs configured with higher shares will have higher priority to access more of the host's resources. Shares can be specified as high, normal, or...