Managing resource pools

Here, we will discuss how to create and manage resource pools in a vCenter environment. We can use the following cmdlets to manage resource pools:

• Get-ResourcePool

• Move-ResourcePool

• New-ResourcePool

• Remove-ResourcePool

• Set-ResourcePool

As the name suggests, Get-ResourcePool provides you the details of the existing resource pools. Since we have enabled DRS in Lab Cluster, a default resource pool is already created (a root resource pool). The following are the details of this pool with default values:

Next, we will create a new resource pool named Mgmt with the following characteristics:

• It will be created under the default Resources resource pool

• The CpuExpandableReservation parameter is set to True

• The CpuReservationMhz parameter is set to 500

• The CpuSharesLevel parameter is set to High

• The MemExpandableReservation parameter is set to True

• The MemReservationGB parameter is set to 1

• The MemSharesLevel parameter is set to High

In the following example, we have run the...