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shutdown the VM<br />
edit the VM Settings, change cpu from 1 to 2<br />
save settings<br />
start VM
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shutdown the VM
edit the VM Settings, change cpu from 1 to 2
save settings
start VM

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Is that not exactly what I said?
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Neilsr, yes and no. His was in greater detail and for a VM novice greater detail is a good thing. It reduces the risk of screw-ups!
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Neilsr, yes and no. His was in greater detail and for a VM novice greater detail is a good thing. It reduces the risk of screw-ups!

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How do i add a CPU to an existing VM running Windows 2003 Enterprise server
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How do i add a CPU to an existing VM running Windows 2003 Enterprise server

How to add a CPU to an existing VM

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.