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Use DRS to &quot;pin&quot; the 6 VMs per Host.<br />
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or use Resource Groups and /or Reservations to reserve resources, CPU and Memory.
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Use DRS to "pin" the 6 VMs per Host.

or use Resource Groups and /or Reservations to reserve resources, CPU and Memory.

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If the get pin to a host would the VMs move to a different host if the host goes down? When does the pinning to a host going to be broken?
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If the get pin to a host would the VMs move to a different host if the host goes down? When does the pinning to a host going to be broken?

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do you mean if a host crashes ? e.g. VMware HA ?
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do you mean if a host crashes ? e.g. VMware HA ?

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Yes, if you pin them would they HAd to a different host and violate the rule?
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Yes, if you pin them would they HAd to a different host and violate the rule?

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I am looking for a way to keep a max of 6 VMs per host. Basically every host in my cluster should have no more than 6 VMs. Any suggestions?
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I am looking for a way to keep a max of 6 VMs per host. Basically every host in my cluster should have no more than 6 VMs. Any suggestions?

6 VMs Max per ESXi host

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.