An administrator suspects that Windows desktop VMs are using less than their configured memory, resulting in wasted cluster resources. How can an administrator verify if this is true?

Prism Central’s Capacity > Rightsizing view lists “Over-Provisioned VMs”, where memory demand is consistently lower than configured. This report lets the administrator confirm wasted RAM across many desktops without opening each VM.

A – Task Manager must be checked per VM and cannot provide cluster-wide insight. C – NCC health checks are infrastructure diagnostics; they do not analyse VM-level memory utilisation. D – Capacity Runway summarises overall cluster growth trends, not individual VM memory usage.

1. Nutanix Prism Central Guide v.2023.1, “Rightsizing VMs – Over-Provisioned List”, p. 141.

2. Nutanix Capacity Planning Tech Note, TN-2210, p. 7, “Use the over-provisioned VM report to reclaim idle CPU or memory.”