Vmware-Esxi
How To map VMWare vSphere/ESXi PMem devices from the Host to Guest VM
In this post, we’ll use VMWare ESXi 7.0u3 to create a Guest VM running Ubuntu 21.10 with two Virtual Persistent Memory (vPMem) devices, then show how we can map the vPMem device in the host (ESXi) to “nmem” devices in the guest VM as shown by the ndctl utility.
If you’re new to using vPMem or need a refresher, start with the VMWare Persistent Memory documentation.
Table of Contents
- Create a Guest VM with vPMem Devices
- Install the Guest OS
- Install ndctl
- Mapping the NVDIMMs in the guest to devices in the ESXi Host
- Summary
Create a Guest VM with vPMem Devices
The procedure you use may be different from the one shown below if you use vSphere or an automated procedure.
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