Installation guide

Adding New Hardware
You can add virtual hardware to a virtual machine using the Add Hardware wizard.
The virtual hardware that you add appears in the hardware list displayed in the Virtual Machine Properties
wizard. The selected guest operating system determines the devices that are available to add to a given virtual
machine.
Virtual machine hardware can be reconfigured while the virtual machine is running, if the following conditions
are met:
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The virtual machine has a guest operating system that supports hot-plug functionality. See the Guest
Operating System Installation Guide.
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The virtual machine is using hardware version 7.
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Virtual CPUs can only be added while the virtual machine is running if CPU Hot Plug has been enabled
on the Options tab of the Virtual Machine Properties dialog box.
NOTE If a virtual machine is on a host managed by vCenter Server, be sure to connect to vCenter Server when
adding or modifying virtual hardware for the virtual machine. If you connect the vSphere Client directly to
the host, add hardware operations might fail with the error message Cannot complete operation due to
concurrent modification by another operation.
Rescan a Host
You rescan a host to ensure that it detects changes made to storage adapter or SAN configuration.
Procedure
1 Select a host.
2 Select the Configuration tab.
3 Click Network Adapters in the Hardware section.
4 Click Rescan.
5 Select New Storage Devices
6 Click OK.
Start the Add Hardware Wizard
The Add Hardware Wizard enables you to reconfigure a virtual machine’s hardware.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, click Inventory in the navigation bar. Expand the inventory as needed, and click
the appropriate virtual machine.
2 To display the Virtual Machine Properties dialog box, click the Edit Settings link in the Commands panel.
3 Click the Hardware tab.
4 Click Add to start the Add Hardware wizard.
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