Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Appendix 3 — Ensuring that the required 6GB of memory is allocated for VCS VM
Cisco TelePresence VCS Virtual Machine Deployment Guide (X7.1)
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Appendix 3 — Ensuring that the required 6GB of
memory is allocated for VCS VM
memory is allocated for VCS VM
If the wrong amount of memory has been allocated to the VCS VM, this can be corrected as follows:
1. Power Off the Guest:
a. Select VCS VM Guest.
b. Select the Console tab.
c. Right-click VCS VM Guest.
d. Select
b. Select the Console tab.
c. Right-click VCS VM Guest.
d. Select
Power > Shut Down Guest
.
e. Select to confirm shutdown.
f. Wait for Initiate guest OS shutdown to complete.
g. Wait for Console screen to go blank and the icon by VCS VM Guest to lose its green Power On
indication.
2. When the Guest is off, right-click the guest and select Edit Settings.
3. Select the Hardware tab.
4. Select Memory.
5. On the right side, ensure that Memory Size is set at 6GB – if not set it to 6GB and click OK.
6. Power On the Guest.
a. Select VCS VM Guest.
b. Select the Console tab.
c. Right-click on the VCS VM Guest.
d. Select
b. Select the Console tab.
c. Right-click on the VCS VM Guest.
d. Select
Power > Power On
.
e. Wait for console to show the login: prompt.
7. Check that other configuration requirements (for example, number of CPUs, disk space allocation,
version of ESXi) are correct.