Manage resource allocation limits for a virtual datacenter

A Hard limit is the maximum amount of a virtual resource (e.g. RAM) that an entity will be allowed to consume.
A Soft limit warns users and administrators that the entity is running out of a resource.

The rules for creating allocation limits are as follows:

You cannot have a hard limit only
Soft limits must always be less than or equal to hard limits
When a limit is equal to 0, it means that there is no limit to resource usage at this level
When editing limits, you cannot set the hard limits below the existing resource usage, except for Local hard disk

For more details see GUI Create virtual datacenter Allocation limits

Click here to show/hide allocation limit message details

Consider a virtual datacenter with a soft limit of 1 virtual CPU and a hard limit of 4 virtual CPUs.

The user will exceed the soft limit if they deploy a virtual appliance with more than 1 CPU in the virtual datacenter.
The user will exceed the hard limit if they attempt to deploy a virtual appliance with more than 4 CPUs in the virtual datacenter.

Soft limits message

A soft-limits message popup will allow the user to to acknowledge the message and continue with the operation.

By default, the message will provide details of the limits, used, and requested resources.

For example, the limits are 5 CPUs, the users have 2 CPUs in deployed VMs, and they have requested 3 more CPUs.

The platform will also display this type of message when the users exceed soft limits at another level, for example, enterprise, enterprise in provider, or enterprise in location.

Hard limits message

A hard-limits message pop-up will allow the user to acknowledge the message and terminate the operation.

By default, the message will provide details of the limits, used, and requested resources.

For example, the limits are 5 CPUs, the users have 5 CPUs in deployed VMs, and they have requested 1 more CPU. Because the user will exceed the hard limit, the platform will not allow the user to obtain 1 CPU.

The platform will also display this type of message when the users exceed soft limits at another level, for example, enterprise, enterprise in provider, or enterprise in location.