Chapter 7
Configuring Virtual Machine Hardware
In this chapter, you will learn to:
- Add, Configure, and Remove Virtual Hardware
- Changing Virtual Memory
- Changing Memory Resources
- Changing the Number of vCPUs
- Changing vCPU Resources
- Adding or Removing a Network Adapter
- Assigning a Network
- Adding a Virtual Disk
- Removing a Virtual Disk
- Extending a Virtual Disk
- Changing Other Hardware
- Optimize Storage Usage with Thin Provisioning
- Converting a Virtual Disk Using Storage vMotion
- Converting a Virtual Disk in Place
After your environment is all set up and running, there comes a time when a virtual machine needs to be reconfigured. Perhaps performance is lacking and you need to throw in an additional vCPU or more memory. Or maybe your disk is running ...