6.0

The ESXi host version indicates when support began for the increased memory size. For example, the
memory size of a virtual machine with ESX/ESXi 3.5 and later compatibility running on ESXi 5.0 is restricted
to 65,532MB.
Prerequisites
Power o the virtual machine.
Verify that you have the Virtual machine..Memory privilege on the virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Click Virtual Machines in the VMware Host Client inventory.
2 Right-click a virtual machine in the list and select Edit  from the pop-up menu.
3 On the Virtual Hardware tab, expand Memory.
4 In the RAM text box, type the amount of RAM to assign to the virtual machine or select one of the
suggested values from the drop-down menu.
5 Select whether the memory is specied in MB or GB.
6 Click Save.
Allocate Memory Resources to a Virtual Machine in the VMware Host Client
You can change the amount of memory resources allocated to a virtual machine by using the shares,
reservations, and limits seings. The host determines the appropriate amount of physical RAM to allocate to
virtual machines based on these seings. You can assign a high or low shares value to a virtual machine,
depending on its load and status.
The following user-dened seings aect the memory resource allocation of a virtual machine.
Limit
Places a limit on the consumption of memory for a virtual machine. This
value is expressed in megabytes.
Reservation
Species the guaranteed minimum allocation for a virtual machine. The
reservation is expressed in megabytes. If the reservation cannot be met, the
virtual machine will not turn on.
Shares
Each virtual machine is granted a number of memory shares. The more
shares a virtual machine has, the greater share of host memory it receives.
Shares represent a relative metric for allocating memory capacity. For more
information about share values, see the vSphere Resource Management
documentation.
You cannot assign a reservation to a virtual machine that is larger than the virtual machine's congured
memory. If you give a virtual machine a large reservation and reduce the virtual machine's congured
memory size, the reservation is reduced to match the new congured memory size.
Prerequisites
Power o the virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Click Virtual Machines in the VMware Host Client inventory.
2 Right-click a virtual machine in the list and select Edit  from the pop-up menu.
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