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  1. Go to InfrastructurePrivate → select a datacenter

  2. If you are in Map view or Statistics view, click the Server symbol in top right-hand corner to go to Servers view

  3. Go to Allocation rules

  4. On the Global pane, click the +add button

  5. For the Rule type, select Load level compute

    1. If you are using a cluster as a physical machine, to create rules for the cluster, select the Server option 

  6. Complete the dialog

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Field

Value

Rule type

Select Load level compute

Rack

Select All or a specific rack

Server

Select All or a specific server.

If you are using a cluster as a physical machine, to create rules for the cluster, select the Server option

Cluster

If you are using vCenter with ESXi, the platform detects the clusters. Select a specific cluster

A cluster rule affects all hosts irrespective of their state, for example, it applies to hosts that are powered off.

Aggregate

Select to create a rule for the sum of all resources in a group (datacenters, racks, or clusters). This means that the platform will sum all of the resources in the group and calculate the load level percentage of the total in order to determine the available resources for the group.Service Port

The port used by the cloud nodes to connect to the storage technology

RAM

Percentage usage of memory to allow. We DO NOT recommend the overallocation of RAM

CPU cores

Percentage usage of CPU cores to allow. We DO NOT recommend the oversubscription of CPU cores

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  1. Go to InfrastructurePrivate → select a datacenter

  2. If you are in Map view or Statistics view, click the Server symbol in top right-hand corner to go to Servers view

  3. Go to Allocation rules

  4. On the Global panel, click the + add button and complete the dialog

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    1. For the Rule type, select Load level storage

    2. For the Datastore and Datastore tier select All or a specific tier

    3. For Storage, to limit the amount to use, enter a percentage (0 to 100%)

  5. Click Save

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  1. Go to Infrastructure → Private

  2. Select a datacenter 

  3. Go to Allocation rules → Global

  4. Click the + add button

  5. Select Restrict shared server rule 

  6. Select the two enterprises that must not share a physical server. The cloud admin must configure the rules properly to customize VM deployments. 

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Note that you can also restrict servers by editing an enterprise in Users view. 

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