Change Memory Hot-Add Settings in the vSphere Client

Memory hot add lets you add memory resources for a virtual machine while the machine is powered on.

Prerequisites

■	The virtual machine has a guest operating system that supports Memory hot add functionality.
■	The virtual machine is using hardware version 7 or later.
■	VMware Tools is installed.

Procedure

1	In the vSphere Client inventory, right-click the virtual machine and select Edit Settings.
2	Click the Options tab and under Advanced, select Memory/CPU Hotplug.
3	Enable or disable memory hot add. ■ Enable memory hot add for this virtual machine. ■ Disable memory hot add for this virtual machine.
4	Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box.