How to Upgrade VM vCPU, RAM and Disk Size in vCloud

VM Resource Management

KB: VM Resource Upgrade Procedure (vCPU, RAM & Disk)

Platform: vCloud Infrastructure Portal
URL: vcloud.officeinfra.com:4085

Purpose

This document explains the procedure to upgrade Virtual Machine CPU, Memory, and Disk resources, extend operating system partitions, and check VM resource allocation.

1. How to Upgrade VM vCPU

Procedure

  1. Log in to the vCloud portal:

    vcloud.officeinfra.com:4085

  2. Navigate to:

    Virtual Machines → Select Required VM

  3. Open the VM configuration page.

  4. Navigate to:

    Hardware / Compute Settings

  5. Locate the CPU / vCPU option.

  6. Increase the vCPU value as required.

    Example:

    Existing: 4 vCPU
    New Allocation: 8 vCPU

  7. Save the changes.

  8. Start the VM if it was powered off.

2. How to Upgrade VM RAM

Procedure

  1. Log in to:

    vcloud.officeinfra.com:4085

  2. Navigate to:

    Virtual Machines → Select VM

  3. Open:

    Hardware Configuration

  4. Select:

    Memory / RAM

  5. Update the RAM allocation.

    Example:

    Existing RAM: 16 GB
    New RAM: 32 GB

  6. Save the configuration.

  7. Power on the VM if required.

3. How to Increase VM Disk Size

Procedure

  1. Log in to:

    vcloud.officeinfra.com:4085

  2. Navigate to:

    Virtual Machines → Select Required VM

  3. Open:

    Hardware Configuration

  4. Select the required virtual disk.

  5. Increase the disk capacity.

    Example:

    Existing Disk: 100 GB
    New Disk: 200 GB

  6. Save the changes.

  7. Restart the VM if required.

4. How to Extend Disk Partition in Windows After Disk Upgrade

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Windows VM.

  2. Open Disk Management:

    Run → diskmgmt.msc

  3. Locate the expanded disk and identify the unallocated space.

  4. Right-click the required partition.

  5. Select:

    Extend Volume

  6. Complete the wizard:

    Next → Select Available Space → Next → Finish

  7. The partition will be extended with the additional disk space.

5. How to Extend Disk Partition in Linux After Disk Upgrade

Procedure

Step 1: Check Disk Size

Run:

lsblk

Example:

sda     200G
└─sda1  100G

Step 2: Extend Partition

Install grow tools if required.

RHEL/CentOS

yum install cloud-utils-growpart -y

Ubuntu

apt install cloud-guest-utils -y

Extend the partition:

growpart /dev/sda 1

Step 3: Extend Filesystem

XFS Filesystem

xfs_growfs /

EXT4 Filesystem

resize2fs /dev/sda1

6. Verify CPU, RAM and Disk Upgrade

Windows

CPU

Open:

Task Manager → Performance → CPU

RAM

Open:

Task Manager → Performance → Memory

Disk

Open:

Disk Management

Linux

CPU

lscpu

RAM

free -h

Disk

lsblk
df -h

7. How to Check VM Resource Allocation

Procedure

  1. Log in to:

vcloud.officeinfra.com:4085

  1. Navigate to:

Virtual Machines

  1. Select the required VM.

  2. Open:

Hardware Configuration

  1. Review the allocated resources:

CPU Allocation

Check:

Number of vCPU
CPU Configuration

Memory Allocation

Check:

Assigned RAM

Storage Allocation

Check:

Virtual Disk Size
Disk Controller
Storage Configuration





    

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