Specifications

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Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual Machines
 Advanced>FibreChannelNPIV—VirtualnodeandportWorldWideNames
(WWNs).
 Advanced>VirtualizedMMU–SettingsforenablingHardwarePageTable
Virtualization.
 Advanced>SwapfileLocation—Swapfilelocation.
To change general settings
1ClicktheOptionstab.
2 SelectGeneralOptionsintheSettingslist.
ThevirtualmachinenameisdisplayedintheVirtualmachinenamefield.
Changingthenamedoesnotchangethenameofanyvirtualmachinefilesorthe
associateddirectory.
3 Selectanoperatingsystemandversion.
4ClickOKtosaveyourchangesandclosethedialogbox.
To change VMware Tools options
1ClicktheOptionstab.
2 SelectVMwareToolsintheSettingslist.
Thestopbuttononthetoolbarcanbeconfiguredtopoweroffthevirtualmachine,
shutdowntheguestoperatingsystem,orusethesystemdefault.The pausebutton
on
thetoolbarcanbeconfiguredtosuspendthevirtualmachineorusethesystem
default.Theresetbuttononthetoolbarcanbeconfiguredtoresetthevirtual
machine,restarttheguestoperatingsystem,orusethesystemdefault.
3 Selecttheactionsyouwantfromthedrop‐downmenusunderPower
Controls.
4 (Optional)ConfigureVMwareToolsscriptstorunwhenyouchangethevirtual
machine’spowerstatebyselectingoptionsunderRunVMwareToolsscripts.
5 (Optional)ConfigureVMwareToolstocheckforandinstallupdatesbeforeeach
poweronbyselectingtheCheckandupgradeToolsbeforeeachpoweronoption
under
AutomaticVMwareToolsUpgrade.
N
OTEVMwareToolsoptionscannotbechangedwhilethevirtualmachineis
poweredon.
N
OTEForESXServ ervirtualmachines,therearenoscriptsforresumingand
suspendingvirtualmachines.