Introducing

Figure 2-23: VM Task Manager showing the VM with new memory
Hot add and remove network adapters
Adding or removing a network adapter while the VM is running without incurring downtime works
only for Generation 2 VMs running either Windows or Linux. Supported Windows operating systems
include Windows Server 2016.
In the following example, connecting to the Generation 2 VM named VM1 using Virtual Machine
Connection and opening the Network Connections folder shows that this VM has only a single
network connection named Ethernet 2, as depicted in Figure 2-24.
Figure 2-24: Single VM NIC
To hot-add another network adapter to this VM, in the Settings dialog box, on the Add Hardware
page, select Network Adapter, as shown for VM1 in Figure 2-25.
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