Enable hot add and reconfigure for VM templates

To allow users to reconfigure their VMs without powering off:

Go to Apps library → select Private or Public → select datacenter or public cloud region
Select and edit the VM template
Go to Advanced tab
Select the options under Enable hot-add/reconfigure
Save the template

Option	Description
Enable hot-add or hot reconfigure in VM	Supported providers only with supported guest operating systems. Check that the Operating system and OS version are correctly set for your system ESXi: See VMware documentation. After you hot-add or hot-reconfigure, remember to update your guest system as required
CPU hot-add	Enable users to add CPUs in the platform while the VM is powered on
RAM hot-add	Enable users to add RAM in the platform while the VM is powered on
Disks hot-reconfigure	Enable users to remove SCSI disks from the boot sequence and add SCSI disks to the end of the boot sequence while the VM is powered on IDE disks are not supported The platform will save other changes to the boot sequence but it will not implement them in the hypervisor. To implement these changes, power off the VM and make another configuration change that will trigger a reconfigure
NICs hot-reconfigure	Enable users to add and remove NICs in the platform while the VM is powered on
Remote access hot-reconfigure	Enable users to reset remote access in the platform while the VM is powered on. On ESXi, if the user changes the VNC password, the change will apply after the power on