[CentOS] VMware restricting to 3GB RAM

[Mihamina RKTMB]

On 01/20/2014 09:17 AM, Hersh Parikh wrote:
> Hi,

Hi,

> 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."

What is you host amount of memory?
What is your guest type?
What VMware version of VM are trying to create?