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is this VM powered on ? or off ?
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Andrew,<br />
Hot swap is enabled but I did attempt to reduce it when it was powered off but no dice.<br />
Thanks
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Andrew,
Hot swap is enabled but I did attempt to reduce it when it was powered off but no dice.
Thanks

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Thanks. let me try that and i will re-post.
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Thanks. let me try that and i will re-post.

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Made a back up of the vmx and edited the file and uploaded. This resolved the ram allocation.
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Made a back up of the vmx and edited the file and uploaded. This resolved the ram allocation.

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In testing a new application, we increased RAM on a server 2012 VM to 128GB. Using vsphere 6.0. After increasing RAM, we wanted to drop it down to look at performance. Now, the VM says the minimum required ram is 128. &nbsp;I have never seen where it doesnt allow to decrease. Is there any way to resolve this or does the VM need to be rebuilt.
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In testing a new application, we increased RAM on a server 2012 VM to 128GB. Using vsphere 6.0. After increasing RAM, we wanted to drop it down to look at performance. Now, the VM says the minimum required ram is 128.  I have never seen where it doesnt allow to decrease. Is there any way to resolve this or does the VM need to be rebuilt.

cannot reduce vmware RAM

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.