VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.12

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Increase the Brick Size of Your Setup

To match your requirements, you can change the brick size of your appliance from
MEDIUM
 to
LARGE
 or
LARGE
 to
EXTRA-LARGE
.
To know about the brick size specifications, see the System Recommendations and RequirementsCollector Recommendation and Other Requirements topic.
  1. To increase the brick size of your setup, do the following as necessary:
    • Increase the disk size. For more information, see the Increase the Disk Size topic.
    • Increase RAM, total vCPU and corresponding reservation. To increase RAM, total vCPU and corresponding reservation, do the following steps that are relevant to your setup:
    For a single node platform or fresh independent OVA
    1. Log in to
      VMware vCenter
      .
    2. Shutdown the Platform VM using the
      Shut Down Guest OS
       option.
      Do not use the
      Power Off
       option.
    3. Increase RAM, total vCPU and corresponding reservation of the VM as required to match the target brick size.
    4. Power On
       the Platform VM.
    For a cluster setup
    1. Log in to
      VMware vCenter
      .
    2. Shutdown the Platform VM using the
      Shut Down Guest OS
       option in the reverse chronological order. For example: Shut down from Node 3 to Node 1.
      Do not use the
      Power Off
       option.
      After you shut down each Platform node, you must wait for 4-5 minutes for services to stabilize for the remaining Platform nodes.
    3. Increase RAM, total vCPU and corresponding reservation as required to match the target brick size.
    4. Power On
       the Platform VMs in the chronological order. For example: Restart from Node 1 to Node 3.
    For a collector
    1. Log in to
      VMware vCenter
      .
    2. Shutdown the Collector VM using the
      Shut Down Guest OS
       option.
      Do not use the
      Power Off
       option.
    3. Increase RAM, total vCPU and corresponding reservation of the VM as required to match the target brick size.
    4. Power On
       the Collector VM.
    After you increase the brick size of the platform VM, you must reconfigure the platform VM.

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