--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/vm_version_x86.cpp	Tue May 14 20:29:40 2019 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/vm_version_x86.cpp	Fri May 10 10:18:16 2019 +0200
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "runtime/java.hpp"
 #include "runtime/os.hpp"
 #include "runtime/stubCodeGenerator.hpp"
+#include "utilities/virtualizationSupport.hpp"
 #include "vm_version_x86.hpp"
 
 
@@ -1581,6 +1582,7 @@
     st->print_cr("KVM virtualization detected");
   } else if (vrt == VMWare) {
     st->print_cr("VMWare virtualization detected");
+    VirtualizationSupport::print_virtualization_info(st);
   } else if (vrt == HyperV) {
     st->print_cr("HyperV virtualization detected");
   }
@@ -1684,6 +1686,8 @@
 
     if (strncmp("VMwareVMware", signature, 12) == 0) {
       Abstract_VM_Version::_detected_virtualization = VMWare;
+      // check for extended metrics from guestlib
+      VirtualizationSupport::initialize();
     }
 
     if (strncmp("Microsoft Hv", signature, 12) == 0) {

--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp	Tue May 14 20:29:40 2019 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp	Fri May 10 10:18:16 2019 +0200
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@
   // Loads .dll/.so and
   // in case of error it checks if .dll/.so was built for the
   // same architecture as HotSpot is running on
+  // in case of an error NULL is returned and an error message is stored in ebuf
   static void* dll_load(const char *name, char *ebuf, int ebuflen);
 
   // lookup symbol in a shared library

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/virtualizationSupport.cpp	Fri May 10 10:18:16 2019 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 SAP SE. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "precompiled.hpp"
+#include "runtime/os.hpp"
+#include "utilities/virtualizationSupport.hpp"
+
+static void *dlHandle = NULL;
+
+static GuestLib_StatGet_t GuestLib_StatGet = NULL;
+static GuestLib_StatFree_t GuestLib_StatFree = NULL;
+
+static bool has_host_information = false;
+static bool has_resource_information = false;
+
+// host + resource information; avoid the session and other special info vectors
+static char host_information[300];
+static char extended_resource_info_at_startup[600];
+
+void VirtualizationSupport::initialize() {
+  // open vmguestlib and bind SDK functions
+  char ebuf[1024];
+  dlHandle = os::dll_load("vmGuestLib", ebuf, sizeof ebuf);
+
+#ifdef LINUX
+  if (dlHandle == NULL) {
+    // the open-vm-tools have a different guest lib name
+    // on some distros e.g. SLES12 the open-vm-tools are the default,
+    // so use the different libname as a fallback
+    dlHandle = os::dll_load("/usr/lib64/libguestlib.so.0", ebuf, sizeof ebuf);
+  }
+#endif
+  if (dlHandle == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  GuestLib_StatGet = CAST_TO_FN_PTR(GuestLib_StatGet_t, os::dll_lookup(dlHandle, "VMGuestLib_StatGet"));
+  GuestLib_StatFree = CAST_TO_FN_PTR(GuestLib_StatFree_t, os::dll_lookup(dlHandle, "VMGuestLib_StatFree"));
+
+  if (GuestLib_StatGet != NULL && GuestLib_StatFree != NULL) {
+    char* result_info = NULL;
+    size_t result_size = 0;
+    VMGuestLibError sg_error = GuestLib_StatGet("text", "resources", &result_info, &result_size);
+    if (sg_error == VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+      has_resource_information = true;
+      snprintf(extended_resource_info_at_startup, sizeof(extended_resource_info_at_startup), "%s", result_info);
+      GuestLib_StatFree(result_info, result_size);
+    }
+    sg_error = GuestLib_StatGet("text", "host", &result_info, &result_size);
+    if (sg_error == VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+      has_host_information = true;
+      snprintf(host_information, sizeof(host_information), "%s", result_info);
+      GuestLib_StatFree(result_info, result_size);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void VirtualizationSupport::print_virtualization_info(outputStream* st) {
+  if (has_host_information) {
+    st->print_cr("vSphere host information:");
+    st->print_cr("%s", host_information);
+  }
+  // resource info at startup
+  if (has_resource_information) {
+    st->print_cr("vSphere resource information collected at VM startup:");
+    st->print_cr("%s", extended_resource_info_at_startup);
+  }
+  // current resource info
+  if (GuestLib_StatGet != NULL && GuestLib_StatFree != NULL) {
+    char* result_info = NULL;
+    size_t result_size = 0;
+    VMGuestLibError sg_error = GuestLib_StatGet("text", "resources", &result_info, &result_size);
+    if (sg_error == VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+      st->print_cr("vSphere resource information available now:");
+      st->print_cr("%s", result_info);
+      GuestLib_StatFree(result_info, result_size);
+    }
+  }
+}
+

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/virtualizationSupport.hpp	Fri May 10 10:18:16 2019 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 SAP SE. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef SHARE_UTILITIES_VIRTUALIZATIONSUPPORT_HPP
+#define SHARE_UTILITIES_VIRTUALIZATIONSUPPORT_HPP
+
+#include "utilities/ostream.hpp"
+
+typedef enum {
+  VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_SUCCESS = 0, // no error occured
+  VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_OTHER,
+  VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_NOT_RUNNING_IN_VM,
+  VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_NOT_ENABLED,
+  VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE,
+  VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_NO_INFO,
+  VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_MEMORY,
+  VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL,
+  VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE,
+  VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_INVALID_ARG,
+  VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION
+} VMGuestLibError;
+
+// new SDK functions from VMWare SDK 6.0; need VMware Tools version 9.10 installed
+typedef VMGuestLibError (*GuestLib_StatGet_t)(const char*, const char*, char**, size_t*);
+typedef VMGuestLibError (*GuestLib_StatFree_t)(char*, size_t);
+
+class VirtualizationSupport {
+ public:
+  static void initialize();
+  static void print_virtualization_info(outputStream* st);
+};
+
+#endif
+