The esxtop command line can be used to monitor the CPU, memory, storage, and network performance metrics. The default output of this tool can further be customized to display the information you need. The esxtop tool has two operating modes— the interactive (default) mode and batch mode. In the interactive mode, the screen output of the tool can be changed based on what or how much information you would like to view and in the batch mode you can collect and save the performance data onto a file.
Using esxtop to monitor performance
Getting ready
In order to run esxtop and view the output, you would need to connect to the ESXi host through an SSH client. Alternatively, you may also connect through a remote console; however...
