vMWare Memory increasing
Maybe a silly question, but I want to know why I cannot add memory to a VM while it's on. Currently we need to turn the machine off and then we can increase it. I also know there is the option to enable Memory/CPU Hotplug, but you need to shutdown the server to enable that anyway. I realize you probably won't be changing the memory often, but I know I have been able to do it in the past. Just wanting to know if I should be able to do this, or if at the very least there is reason for not being able to it.
John
The memory driver in the VM is not going to be as sophisticated as that and will work like normal hardware.
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Quite simply does your Guest OS, support Memory Hot Plug ?
We've been having some issues with this function, even with OS which support this function, e.g. adding more memory, or CPUs, does not work!
We've been having some issues with this function, even with OS which support this function, e.g. adding more memory, or CPUs, does not work!
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To enable hot-add, you need to power off the VM, enable the hot-add, start your VM again (that is if it is supported) and from them on, you can hot-add memory.