Update the Resource Configuration Settings of a Virtual Machine on vCenter Server

You can use the Set-VMResourceConfiguration cmdlet to modify the resource configuration properties of a virtual machine, including memory, CPU shares, and other settings.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure

1. View the resource configuration for the VM1 virtual machine.

   Get-VMResourceConfiguration -VM VM1

2. View the disk share of the VM1 virtual machine.

   Get-VMResourceConfiguration -VM VM1 | Format-Custom -Property DiskResourceConfiguration

3. Change the memory share of the VM1 virtual machine to low.

   Get-VM VM1 | Get-VMResourceConfiguration | Set-VMResourceConfiguration -MemSharesLevel low

4. Change the CPU shares of the VM1 virtual machine to high.

   Get-VM VM1 | Get-VMResourceConfiguration | Set-VMResourceConfiguration -CpuSharesLevel high

5. Change the disk share of the VM1 virtual machine to 100.

   $vm1 = Get-VM VM1
   $vm1disk = Get-HardDisk $vm1
   Get-VMResourceConfiguration $vm1 | Set-VMResourceConfiguration -Disk $vm1disk -DiskSharesLevel custom -NumDiskShares 100