Hot add and hot reconfigure of ESXi VMs

Limitations

In Abiquo the hot-reconfigure of disks has the following limitations

• IDE disks are not supported

• Abiquo 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

Enable hot-add and hot-reconfigure options in the user interface

Before you begin:

• Check that your VM operating system will support hot-add and hot-reconfigure

  • See VMware documentation: https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=software

To enable hot-add and hot-reconfigure options in a VM template:

1. Edit the VM template and go to Advanced

2. Check that the Operating system and OS version are correctly set for your system:

   1. Operating system type: to use the latest version of an operating system, select a generic type, e.g. WINDOWS, and do not enter the version. 

   2. OS version: to provide details of operating systems and add operating systems not included in the list of codes

   For full tables of operating systems and details, see Set the guest operating system for VMware  and Extended OVF Support and Template Definition.

3. Select the appropriate hot-add and hot-reconfigure options for your VM from:
   
   

   • CPU hot-add

   • RAM hot-add

   • Disks hot-reconfigure

   • NICs hot-reconfigure

   • VNC Remote access hot-reconfigure (except password changes)
     
     

     Open

     

     Edit a template on the Advanced tab for Hot reconfigure options

4. Click Save

Now you will be able to reconfigure the selected elements of the VM while it is powered on.

API

To enable hot-add and hot-reconfigure options in a VM template using the API, modify the template. See https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/VirtualMachineTemplatesResource.html