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3 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.
4 Click Save.
Change Memory Hot Add Settings in the VMware Host Client
With memory hot add, you can add memory resources for a virtual machine while that virtual machine is
turned on.
Enabling memory hot add produces extra memory overhead on the ESXi host for the virtual machine.
Prerequisites
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Power o the virtual machine.
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Verify that the virtual machine has a guest operating system that supports memory hot add capabilities.
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Verify that the virtual machine compatibility is ESXi 4.x and later.
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Verify that VMware Tools is installed.
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, and select Enable to enable adding memory to the
virtual machine while it is turned on.
4 Click Save.
Network Virtual Machine Configuration
ESXi networking features enable communication between virtual machines on the same host, between
virtual machines on dierent hosts, and between other virtual and physical machines.
The networking features also allow management of ESXi hosts and enable communication between
VMkernel services, such as NFS, iSCSI, or vSphere vMotion, and the physical network. When you congure
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 congure 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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