All the output customization that is done during interactive mode is lost the moment you exit the tool. You do have the option of exporting the output configuration to a file and reimporting the configuration to avoid spending time customizing the columnar output again.
To export the esxtop configuration to a file, first launch esxtop, customize the output as required, hit the W key by shifting to uppercase, specify a directory patch to save the configuration file, and then hit Enter:
The file created can then be used to display the configuration template, without the need to go through the customization again.
In this example, we have created the esxtopcfg file. Now, to launch esxtop with the configuration template, issue the following command:
# esxtop –c <filename>
An example of using the preceding command is as follows:
# esxtop –c /tmp/esxtopcfg...