Virtualized Server 08 R2 not seeing all allocated RAM
Having a RAM problem with a new server. I installed vmware 4.1 on a new Dell R710 with 32 gigs of RAM. I then created a new virtual machine using the defaults with the plan to change the ram later. When I went to increase the RAM to 16 gigs VMware lets me do this but the Windows 2008 R2 server still shows only 4 gigs. The BIOS is not set to mirror memory, which is one problem people have mentioned. It is on Advanced ECC mode. Suggestions on how to get this 08 server to see all the allocated RAM? Thanks.
Lee W, MVP
Silly question - have you rebooted the 2008 R2 VM? I don't believe you can hot add virtual RAM on a VM (but I could be wrong).
If it's the 32 bit version 4G is the max.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2008/07/21/3092070.aspx
32-bit version of Windows Server 2008 Standard supports only 4GB
http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2008/07/21/3092070.aspx
32-bit version of Windows Server 2008 Standard supports only 4GB
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Yup. Rebooted several times after tinkering with it. I have been told by one person that I can change RAM on the fly. But maybe I will end up deleting the virtual machine and doing it over. Not a big deal this early in the game but I am hoping I just overlooked something.
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No this is R2, 64-bit.
@Number-1 - this is the 2008 R2 version - there is NO 32 bit version.
Maybe it's something like this
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/326936?tstart=0
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/326936?tstart=0
It's not ESXi, it's the guest OS (Windows) which allocates the needed memory and CPU resources. In your case, it may not make a difference whether you configure the VM with e.g. 2 vCPUs and 4 GB or 4 vCPUs and 24 GB. If Windows does not request more resources they won't be used.
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