Scaling a Virtual Machine
So, you've purchased additional Resources and would like to increase the capacity of one of your VMs to use those Resources, Great! Here's how:
Scaling CPU and Memory
1. First, go to the side-bar and select "Services - Flexible Resources"
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2. Select your Resource
3. Click into the VM you wish to expand
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4. In the VM menu, click "Scale"
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5. Adjust the configuration as you wish, then click "Adjust Resource Allocation"
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Scaling Disk capacity
IMPORTANT - Some Operating Systems (Windows especially) handle scaling storage downwards poorly, in rare events this can even lead to data-loss, please ensure you have a backup in-place before scaling storage downwards. Scaling upwards is universally OK. THis process can take from 3-45 minutes depending upon the size of disk increase/decrease, during this time your VM will be unavailable.
1. Again, locate your Resource pool and click into the VM you wish to scale
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2. From within the VM menu select the "Storage" tab and click "Disks"
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3. Click "Edit" against the Disk you wish to expand/shrink
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4. Adjust the slider and click "Save Changes" to commit, this may take a few minutes to apply.
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