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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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Adding vCPUs and Increasing RAM for 

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(KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESXi Hypervisors)

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 on KVM 

1. Login into a terminal access software (such as Putty), and log into the KVM Hypervisor.
2. Start the Virtual Machine Manager.
3. From the list, click on the applicable VM instance.
4. Power down the VM.
5. Select Edit > Virtual Machine Details
6. Select View > Details or click the Image Addedicon

7. From the menu, click CPUs.The 

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8. Click Apply.

9. From the menu, click Memory. Each 

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   instance with 1 vCPU requires 1 GiB (1024 MiB) RAM; this amount is increased according to the number of vCPUs. Refer to SBC SWe Lite Hardware and Software Requirements.

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10. Click Apply.
11. Start the VM instance. The 

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To verify the updated values, see Verify Update on SWe Lite.

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 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 

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   instance with 1 vCPU requires 1 GiB (1024 MiB) RAM; this amount is increased according to the number of vCPUs. Refer to SBC SWe Lite Hardware and Software Requirements.

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5. Enter the desired memory and click OK.

6. Click on Processor. The 

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   supports 1, 2, 4 or 10 vCPUs.

7. Enter the desired virtual processors and click OK.

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8. Start the VM instance. The 

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   is configured with the updated values.

9. To verify the updated values, see Verify Update on SWe Lite.

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on VMware ESXi

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

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 

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   instance with 1 vCPU requires 1 GiB (1024 MiB) RAM; this amount is increased according to the number of vCPUs. Refer to SBC SWe Lite Hardware and Software Requirements.

7. From the Hardware tab, click CPUs.

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8. Update the desired number of vCPUs. The 

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   supports 1, 2, 4 or 10 vCPUs.
9. Click OK.
10. Start the VM instance. The 

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    is configured with the updated values.

To verify the updated values, see Verify Update on SWe Lite.

Increasing VM size for SWe Lite (Azure)

Increase VM Size via Azure Portal

1. Connect to the Azure portal. Refer to portal.azure.com.
2. From the menu, click Virtual Machines.
3. From the list, click the checkbox next to the desired VM.
4. From the menu, click Stop. This shuts the VM down.
5. Click on the desired VM. 

    

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6. From the menu, click Size.

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7. In the Search box, enter the desired size. Recommended VM sizes are listed here: Virtual Machine Requirements - Microsoft Azure.

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8. Click on one of the sizes presented.

9. At the bottom of the page, click Resize.
   

Increase VM Size via Azure PowerShell

Perform these steps via PowerShell:

1. Access PowerShell. Refer to PowerShell documentation.

2. Run the following commands (per Azure RM PowerShell module):

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   ### Azure RM ### Stop-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -Name $vmName -Force $vm = Get-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -VMName $vmName $vm.HardwareProfile.VmSize = "<newVMSize>" Update-AzureRmVM -VM $vm -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup Start-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -Name $vmName

Verify Update on

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1. Connect to the applicable SWe.
2. In the WebUI, access System > Overview.
3. Verify the number of Virtual CPUs and Total System Memory.