Limit the amount of bandwidth a Virtual Machine is allowed on vSphere Distributed Switch

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi
• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• Goal is to limit the amount of traffic a Virtual Machine (VM) can have, both Egress (outbound/upload) and Ingress (inbound/download).
• The VM is on a Distributed Virtual Switch (VDS).
• Traffic can be limited per port or portgroup.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 7.x
VMware vCenter Server 8.x

Resolution

To limit traffic for the port or portgroup, Traffic Shaping can be used, review the following guide for detailed steps to configure Traffic Shaping:

What is Traffic Shaping Policy