Resource Management Underlying all virtual components are the actual physical resources of the host system, such as CPU, RAM, storage, network infrastructure, and so on. vSphere supports sharing of resources on an individual host or across hosts using resource pools. vSphere also supports clusters for failover or load balancing. The chapter includes the following topics: ■ Resource Management Objects ■ Introduction to Resource Management ■ Resource Allocation ■ Creating and Configuring Resource Pools ■ Introduction to VMware DRS and VMware HA Clusters ■ Creating and Configuring Clusters ■ Managing DRS Clusters ■ Managing HA Clusters