VMware Compatibility Guide incorrectly mentions Hot Add Memory Feature support for Windows 2008 R2 Standard

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

The VMware Compatibility Guide incorrectly states that the Hot Add Memory feature is supported with Windows Server 2008 SP2 in vSphere 5.1. Reference the VMware Compatibility Guide

Microsoft states that Hot-Add Memory support is supported in Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and Datacenter Edition, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition and Datacenter Edition, and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Datacenter Editions. For more information, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg487553.aspx

Symptoms:

When you enable the Memory Hot-Add feature to a Windows Server 2008 virtual machine and return to the guest OS it will ask to reboot.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Embedded
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Installable
VMware ESXi 4.0.x Installable
VMware ESXi 4.0.x Embedded
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0

Resolution

Virtual machine Hot-Add Memory support is available for the following editions of Windows Server:

Windows Server 2008 R2, Enterprise Edition and Datacenter Edition
Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition and Datacenter Edition
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition and Datacenter Edition

Additional Information

VMware 互換性ガイドで、Windows 2008 R2 Standard に対するメモリのホットアド機能のサポート状況に関して誤った情報が記載されている