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amyname1
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‎03-23-2011 08:26 AM

The following status shows this settings is restricted because virtual machine is powered on. How to increase memory in power on

When a virtual machine is powered on. I am unable to increase the machine Memory in power on state under Hardware>Memory of ESxi 4.1 virtual machine>
The following status shows this settings is restricted because virtual machine is powered on. How to increase memory in power on
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odarville
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‎03-23-2011 08:28 AM

Like a physical machine, you will need to shut the virtual machine down to add memory.

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weinstein5
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‎03-23-2011 08:28 AM

Welcome to the Communities - Wjat operating system is the VM running because some operating systems do not support adding memory while the VM is running - 

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amyname1
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‎03-23-2011 08:33 AM

that i know that when virtul machine power off it allows to increase memory. My question is does any of the vmware allow to increas memory in power on state is there any way to do so.

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amyname1
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‎03-23-2011 08:35 AM

OS is windows 2003 enterprise edition 32 bit. Which OS does it support to increase memory in power on state in ESXi 4.1 vsphere

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keshavkant
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‎10-19-2015 12:28 AM

Hot Add Memory and Hot Add v CPU specifications are supported on different editions of Windows Server 2008 R2.

The given edition supported for Hot add memory .

1.Enterprise edition

2.Data centre edition

3.Small Business Server Premium

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