For a test platform, you may wish to allow users to work with more compute resources than are present in your servers.
To allow oversubscription for a test platform, create compute load level rules for CPU and RAM for each server.
We do not recommend the use of oversubscription for a production environment.
The platform allocates the resources to the virtualization technology, but the virtualization technology is responsible for managing the resources.
Always consult the virtualization provider's documentation to determine safe values for your environment, for example, https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1003497
To create a load level compute rule:
Privileges:** Access infrastructure view and Private DCs, View datacenter details, Manage allocation rules**
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Go to Infrastructure → Private
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Select a datacenter
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If you are in Map view or Statistics view, to go to Servers view, at the top of the Datacenters list, click the Server symbol
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Go to Allocation rules
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On the Global panel, click the + add button
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Select the
Load level compute
rule type-
If you are using vCenter clusters as servers, select Server
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If you are using vCenter hosts, select Server or Cluster
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Complete the dialog:
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Optionally, select a specific server
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For CPU and RAM set values above
100%
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