Support for Hot Add Memory and Hot Add vCPU specifications on different editions of Windows Server 2008 R2

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Hot Add Memory and Hot Add vCPU specifications are supported on different editions of Windows Server 2008 R2, which is consistent with the support of Microsoft for these technical specifications.

Environment

• VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0
• VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
• VMware ESX 4.1.x
• VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
• VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5
• VMware ESX 4.0.x

Resolution

The following table shows the details about the support for Hot Add Memory and Hot Add vCPU specifications:

Technical specifications	Standard Edition	Enterprise Edition	Web Server Edition	Datacenter Edition	Small Business Server Premium
Hot Add Memory	Not supported	Supported	Not supported	Supported	Supported
Hot Add vCPU	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Supported	Supported