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Procedure
u To activate replay mode, enter the following at the command-line prompt.
esxtop -R
Replay Mode Command-Line Options
You can use replay mode with command-line options.
Table A-18 lists the command-line options available for esxtop replay mode.
Table A-18. Command-Line Options in Replay Mode
Option Description
R Path to the vm-support collected snapshot’s directory.
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.
b Runs esxtop in Batch mode.
c Load a user-defined configuration file. If the -c option is not used, the default configuration
filename is ~/.esxtop4rc. Create your own configuration file and specify a different filename
using the W single-key interactive command.
d Specifies the delay between panel updates. The default is five seconds. The minimum is two
seconds. If a delay of less than two seconds is specified, the delay is set to two seconds.
n Number of iterations esxtop updates the display this number of times and then exits.
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