The additional features provided with the resource throttling feature in VMM 2016 include enhanced CPU (processor) and memory-throttling capabilities, which ensure that CPU and memory resources are allocated and used effectively. The ability to set the virtual processor (VP) weight to provide it with larger or smaller shares of CPU cycles ensures that VMs can be ranked when CPU resources are overcommitted.
Memory throttling helps to rank access to memory resources in situations where memory resources are constrained.
Carry out the following steps in order to configure processor-throttling:
- On the VMM console, execute one of the following:
- To configure a deployed VM, on the
VMs
pane in theVMs and Services
workspace, select the VM, right-click on it, and click onProperties
- To configure a VM stored in the VMM library, in the
Library
workspace, select the stored VM, right-click on it, and click onProperties
- To configure a VM at the time of creation...
- To configure a deployed VM, on the