To match your requirements, you can change the brick size of your appliance from MEDIUM
to LARGE
or LARGE
to EXTRA-LARGE
.
Procedure
- ♦ To increase the brick size of your setup, do the following as necessary:
- Increase the disk size. For more information, see the Increase the Disk Size topic.
- Increase RAM, total vCPU and corresponding reservation. To increase RAM, total vCPU and corresponding reservation, do the following steps that are relevant to your setup:
Option Description For a single node platform or fresh independent OVA - Log in to VMware vCenter.
- Shutdown the Platform VM using the Shut Down Guest OS option.
Note: Do not use the Power Off option.
- Increase RAM, total vCPU and corresponding reservation of the VM as required to match the target brick size.
- Power On the Platform VM.
For a cluster setup - Log in to VMware vCenter.
- Shutdown the Platform VM using the Shut Down Guest OS option in the reverse chronological order. For example: Shut down from Node 3 to Node 1.
Note: Do not use the Power Off option.
After you shut down each Platform node, you must wait for 4-5 minutes for services to stabilize for the remaining Platform nodes.
- Increase RAM, total vCPU and corresponding reservation as required to match the target brick size.
- Power On the Platform VMs in the chronological order. For example: Restart from Node 1 to Node 3.
For a collector - Log in to VMware vCenter.
- Shutdown the Collector VM using the Shut Down Guest OS option.
Note: Do not use the Power Off option.
- Increase RAM, total vCPU and corresponding reservation of the VM as required to match the target brick size.
- Power On the Collector VM.