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Procedure
1 Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings.
2 On the Virtual Hardware tab, expand Memory, and allocate the memory capacity for the virtual
machine.
Option Description
Reservation
Guaranteed memory allocation for this virtual machine.
Limit
Upper limit for this virtual machine’s memory allocation. Select Unlimited
to specify no upper limit.
Shares
The values Low, Normal, High, and Custom are compared to the sum of
all shares of all virtual machines on the server.
3 Click OK.
Change Memory Hot Add Settings
Memory hot add lets you add memory resources for a virtual machine while that virtual machine is turned
on.
Enabling memory hot add produces some extra memory overhead on the ESXi host for the virtual machine.
Prerequisites
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Power off the virtual machine.
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Ensure that the virtual machine has a guest operating system that supports memory hot add
functionality.
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Ensure that the virtual machine compatibility is ESXi 4.x and later.
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Ensure that VMware Tools is installed.
Procedure
1 Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings.
2 On the Virtual Hardware tab, expand Memory, and select Enable to enable adding memory to the
virtual machine while it is turned on.
3 Click OK.
Network Virtual Machine Configuration
ESXi networking features provide communication between virtual machines on the same host, between
virtual machines on different hosts, and between other virtual and physical machines. The networking
features also allow management of ESXi hosts and provide communication between VMkernel services
(NFS, iSCSI, or vSphere vMotion) and the physical network. When you configure networking for a virtual
machine, you select or change an adapter type, a network connection, and whether to connect the network
when the virtual machine powers on.
Network Adapter Types
When you configure a virtual machine, you can add network adapters (NICs) and specify the adapter type.
The type of network adapters that are available depend on the following factors:
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The virtual machine compatibility, which depends on the host that created or most recently updated it.
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Whether the virtual machine compatibility has been updated to the latest version for the current host.
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The guest operating system.
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