Shrink/Reduce assigned RAM for a virtual server

[Diegov67]

Hi all,

I'm a new user in this community and I don't know if this is the right section to insert this question: in case my apologies.

I "inherited" a virtual server (Linux Centos 7) with too many RAM assigned (60 GB) and I need to reduce it to 16 GB and I have a doubt.

Is it sufficient turn off it and shrink the amount of RAM or are necessary other operations?

Many thanks in advance.

Diego

[scott28tt]

Moderator: Please state which VMware product you are using so your thread can be moved to the correct area.

[Diegov67]

Hello Scott,

if I understood correctly your request the product in use is vCenter 6.7

Please let me know if you need futher info.

Thank you

Diego

[scott28tt]

Moderator: Thread moved to the vSphere area, since this is a general vSphere VM administration question (rather than being specific to vCenter Server)

[scott28tt · Accepted solution]

To answer your question, you should just need to shutdown the VM (so it is in a Powered Off state) then edit the memory allocation and power it back on.

[Diegov67]

Thank you very much Scott!

Diego