Red Hat Linux on VMware: Online resizing of disk, memory and CPU (hot add)
Issue
- Deploying an increasing number of Red Hat servers as VMware guests.
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At the moment VMware guests are shutdown when performing disk, memory and CPU increases.
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Could you please advise if RHEL supports online resizing of the above resources, and if so, what the best pratice process is to complete this.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- VMWare ESX(i)
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