You can change the default behavior of DPM to the behavior seen in earlier versions of ESXi. The new DPM metric is:
X%*IdleConsumedMemory + active memory
X%
is adjustable and is set to 25% by default. Setting this value to 0
reverts to the more aggressive DRS behavior found in previous vSphere releases.
To adjust this setting:
- Log in to the vSphere Client as an Administrator.
- In the vSphere Client, right-click the cluster, then click Edit Settings > vSphere DRS.
- Click Advanced Options.
- Click in the area under the Options heading and type
PercentIdleMBInMemDemand
. - Click in the area under the Value heading (to the right of the previously entered advanced option name) and type the value
0
. - Click OK.
- Click OK.