An administrator is responsible for maintaining a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) instance.

To add Memory to a powered on virtual machine, Memory Hot Add must be enabled.

To remove Memory to a powered on virtual machine, Memory Hot Add must be enabled.

To add vCPUs to a powered on virtual machine CPU Hot Add must be enabled.

To enable Memory Hot Add feature, the virtual machine compatibility must be ESXi 7.0 Update 2 or later.

To add vCPUs to a powered down virtual machine, CPU Hot Add must be enabled.

To enable the CPU Hot Add or Memory Hot Add feature, the virtual machine must be powered off.