Host has 128GB RAM and its running CentOS 5.4 64 bit architect, Guest is 64 bit ubuntu 12.04, VMware Player I am using is 6.1 @Luigi- I have seen this thread and I have a Q around this. How do I know what hardware(e.g. 10/9/8) do I have? Regards Hersh On Monday, 20 January 2014 12:16 PM, Luigi Rosa <lists at luigirosa.com> wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hersh Parikh said the following on 20/01/2014 07:17: > I am running VMware player on CentOS 5.4 and its working fine. However it > does not allow me to increase the RAM more than 3GB. It keeps throwing > error stating- "Requested memory size is greater than allowed maximum of > 3072 MB. Could not initiate memory hot plug." > > I understand from few threads that 32bit OS has this kind of limitation but > I am able to understand why I am seeing this issue when I am using 64bit OS > and VMware player is also for 64bit. Check this VMware article and see if you fall within the limitations described: Virtual machine memory limits and hardware versions (1014006) http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1014006 Ciao, luigi - -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ Even bytes get lonely for a little bit. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJS3MYgAAoJEO5WT/qgw4yKmvMP/jHUEeaGmdPQhD8ET/JNoON2 a9Sb5pLuP1SvrjajxA0QCdALime4Vx92hfWrOLp1es4T0DlY9RJ4TRIREgjqo5Pk Sm8ZAcDsUhjrrSsGbtu+7uuHX/lQ5Q+GCWS+RXCMcvq8dcBTnK/C6HObyYTu7WXw fIRjHg2qQ60AUWxSxwdauwD66Kgxm4cZRwulAxvQ0hICt6nJ1wxkcLywhXuheLYC sSEIChu4VVTb5k0wlYxChE6ePWTIVeThHgCkdHOASLgfJDQAV1nDe7PG+47dHbYr lW7hVRe/kkZVE7LcnVL1WhykSuDIoxjOCl2NDxwjYsAH7RDj6QmOV2yCXmsLWbtb sogsUvgC5MvVQXed7U27g2e5RPJcVObMEC5uQ+yeONw97e8mifttoWEVVvRfjLBy di4pkBF53b7KUEI7zjAkTDvlbZNEHy5NyhWY/6g8T51Bp9TLMkszNRK23OlSgPHA IRCF3iXlX6QmAa5u7+o6xLvUUD28tVRH2FsjSSt56MYZioAYiyRV0BEHNANyByC9 QPMieJcXBL4NV2XofBgd5i4TxqdPqRMoe8E9NsFd2fshF05jakXMuwU2r0SGLXJw DvUZNxL7UIlvtAfdQljMOH+qnttSlsGS8nCXY1qgF8/VRM83nniqCYBUEt5m9obC WFRR29cGS8rR9kLKHOWu =4VFz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos