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IN PROCESS

The SWe Lite supports up to 4 vCPUs and 4 Gib of RAM (memory). To increase the number of vCPUs and memory in the SWe Lite system after initial installation, edit the VM settings and reboot. See instructions below, according to the installation type.

SWe Lite on KVM Hypervisor

SWe Lite on Microsoft Hyper-V

 

SWe Lite on VMware ESXi

Access the desired VM with the desired SWe Lite instance.

Click Edit virtual matchine settings

In Memory Size, update the amount of memory.

Change the number of vCPUs...

Reboot the VM.

Continue on with Running Initial Setup?

 

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 These instructions assume that your SWe Lite is upgraded to Release 7.0; the system must be running 7.0 to support 1, 2 or 4 vCPUs (depending on your license). See Working with Licenses

Starting in 7,0, the SWe Lite supports the following:

  • For Memory (RAM), valid settings are 1 GiB, 2 GiB, or 4 GiB.
  • For vCPUs, valid settings are 1, 2 or 4 CPUs.

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Memory Requirements
Memory Requirements
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Number of vCPUsAmount of RAM required
11 GiB
22 GiB
44 GiB
The instructions below outline how to increase the number of vCPUs and increase memory on your VM instance, according to deployment type.

Update vCPU and RAM

SWe Lite on KVM Hypervisor

Note

The VM instance must be powered down before updating memory and vCPU.

  1. Login into a terminal access software (such as Putty), and log into the KVM server.
  2. From the list, click on the applicable VM instance.
  3. Power down the VM.
  4. Select Edit > Virtual Machine Details
  5. Select View > Details or click the Image Addedicon
  6. From the menu, click CPUs.The SWe Lite supports 1, 2, or 4 vCPUs. 

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  7. Click Apply.
  8. From the menu, click Memory. Each SWe Lite instance with 1 vCPU requires 1024 MiB (1GiB) RAM; this amount is increased according to the number of vCPUs. See Adding vCPU and Increasing Memory.

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  9. Click Apply.
  10. Restart the VM instance.

To verify the updated values, see Adding vCPU and Increasing Memory.

SWe Lite on Microsoft Hyper-V

  1. Launch Hyper-V Manager from the Windows Start menu.
  2. Power down the VM in which you will be adding vCPUs and RAM.
  3. Right-click on the desired VM instance and select Settings.
  4. Click on Memory. Each SWe Lite instance with 1 vCPU requires 1024 MiB (1GiB) RAM; this amount is increased according to the number of vCPUs. See Adding vCPU and Increasing Memory.

     

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  5. Enter the desired memory and click OK.
  6. Click on Processor. The SWe Lite supports 1, 2, or 4 vCPUs.

     

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  7. Enter the desired virtual processors and click OK.

To verify the updated values, see Adding vCPU and Increasing Memory.

SWe Lite on VMware ESXi

Add a vCPU and increase RAM on the VM instance as following:

Note

The VM instance must be powered down before updating memory and vCPU

  1. Access vSphere Client.
  2. Click on the applicable VM instance
  3. Power down the VM.
  4. From the Getting Started tab, click Edit virtual machine settings.
  5. From the Hardware tab, click Memory.

     

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  6. Update the desired memory size. Each SWe Lite instance with 1 vCPU requires 1024 MiB (1GiB) RAM; this amount is increased according to the number of vCPUs. See Adding vCPU and Increasing Memory.
  7. From the Hardware tab, click CPUs.

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  8. Update the desired number of vCPUs. The SWe Lite supports 1, 2, or 4 vCPUs.
  9. Click OK.
  10. Restart the VM instance. The SWe Lite is configured with the updated values.

To verify the updated values, see Adding vCPU and Increasing Memory.

Verify Update on SWe Lite

  1. Connect to the applicable SWe.
  2. In the WebUI, access System > Overview.

The number of virtual CPUs and Total System Memory is updated: 

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