Table A-2. Interactive Mode Command-Line Options (Continued)
Option Description
a
Show all statistics. This option overrides configuration file setups and shows all statistics. The
configuration file can be the default ~/.esxtop4rc configuration file or a user-defined configuration
file.
c<filename> Load a user-defined configuration file. If the -c option is not used, the default configuration filename
is ~/.esxtop4rc. Create your own configuration file, specifying a different filename, using the W
single-key interactive command.
Common Statistics Description
Several statistics appear on the different panels while resxtop (or esxtop) is running in interactive mode. These
statistics are common across all four panels.
The Uptime line, found at the top of each of the four resxtop (or esxtop) panels, displays the current time, time
since last reboot, number of currently running worlds and load averages. A world is an ESX/ESXi VMkernel
schedulable entity, similar to a process or thread in other operating systems.
Below that the load averages over the past one, five, and fifteen minutes appear. Load averages take into
account both running and ready-to-run worlds. A load average of 1.00 means that there is full utilization of
all physical CPUs. A load average of 2.00 means that the ESX/ESXi system might need twice as many physical
CPUs as are currently available. Similarly, a load average of 0.50 means that the physical CPUs on the ESX/
ESXi system are half utilized.
Statistics Columns and Order Pages
You can define the order of fields displayed in interactive mode.
If you press f, F, o, or O, the system displays a page that specifies the field order on the top line and short
descriptions of the field contents. If the letter in the field string corresponding to a field is uppercase, the field
is displayed. An asterisk in front of the field description indicates whether a field is displayed.
The order of the fields corresponds to the order of the letters in the string.
From the Field Select panel, you can:
n
Toggle the display of a field by pressing the corresponding letter.
n
Move a field to the left by pressing the corresponding uppercase letter.
n
Move a field to the right by pressing the corresponding lowercase letter.
Interactive Mode Single-Key Commands
When running in interactive mode, resxtop (or esxtop) recognizes several single-key commands.
All interactive mode panels recognize the commands listed in Table A-3. The command to specify the delay
between updates is disabled if the s option is given on the command line. All sorting interactive commands
sort in descending order.
Table A-3. Interactive Mode Single-Key Commands
Key Description
h or ? Displays a help menu for the current panel, giving a brief summary of commands, and the status of secure mode.
space Immediately updates the current panel.
^L Erases and redraws the current panel.
f or F Displays a panel for adding or removing statistics columns (fields) to or from the current panel.
o or O Displays a panel for changing the order of statistics columns on the current panel.
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