Specifications

Basic System Administration
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YoucanalsospecifywhethertheSCSIbusisshared.Dependingonthetypeofsharing,
virtualmachinescanaccessthesamevirtualdisksimultaneouslyonthesameserveror
anyserver.
1ClicktheHardwaretab.
2ClicktheappropriateSCSIControllerintheDevicelist.
3 SelecttheSCSIcontrollertypeinthe
list.
4 SelectthetypeofsharingintheSCSIBusSharinglist:
 None–Virtualdiskscannotbesharedbyothervirtualmachines.
 Virtual–Virtualdiskscanbesharedbyvirtualmachinesonsameserver.
 Physical–Virtualdiskscanbesharedbyvirtualmachinesonanyserver.
5ClickOKtosaveyourchangesandclosethedialogbox.
To change the serial port configuration
(S EE U PDATE )
1ClicktheHardwaretab.
2ClicktheappropriateSerialportintheHardwarelist.
3IfyouselectedUsephysicalserialport,usethedrop‐downmenutochoosetheport
onthehostcomputerthatyouwanttouseforthisserialconnection.
4IfyouselectedUseoutputfile,browsetothelocation
ofthefileonthehostthat
youwanttousetostoretheoutputofthevirtualserialport.
5IfyouselectedUsenamedpipe,usethedefaultpipenameorenteranotherpipe
nameofyourchoiceinthePipeNamelist.
Foraserialpipeforavirtual
machineonanESXServerhostforLinuxhost,enter
/tmp/<socket>oranotherUNIXsocketnameofyourchoice.
Thendecidewhetheryouareconnectingtwovirtualmachinesorconnectinga
virtualmachinetoanapplicationonthehost.
CAUTIONChangingtheSCSIcontrollertypemightresultinavirtualmachine
bootfailure.