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Chapter 8 Configuring Devices
NOTE The!summary!view!also!displays!the!number!of!virtual!processors!
currently!configured!for!the!virtual!machine.!
You!can!also!set!the!number!of!virtual!processors!when!you!create!a!virtual!machine!
using!the!New!Virtual!Machine!Wizard.!You!must!choose!a!custom!configuration.!The!
option!to!set!the!number!of!virtual!processors!is!not!available!in!a!typical!configuration.!
For!more
!information,!see!“Setting!Up!a!New!Virtual!Machine”!on!page 25.
VMware!Server!does!not!support!or!recommend!assigning!two!processors!to!a!host!
with!a!single!processor!that!does!not!have!hyperthreading!enabled.!A!warning!message!
appears!if!you!do!so.!You!can!disregard!this!message!and!assign!two!processors!to
!the!
virtual!machine,!but!after!you!have!created!the!virtual!machine,!you!will!not!be!able!to!
power!it!on!unless!you!move!it!to!a!host!machine!with!at!least!two!logical!processors.
Virtual!Machines!with!Virtual!SMP!enabled!are!compatible!with!Workstation!5.x!
virtual!machines.!You!can!also!move
!virtual!machines!with!Virtual!SMP!enabled!
between!VMware!Server!and!VMware!ESX!Server.
Virtual!Machines!with!Virtual!SMP!enabled!are!not!compatible!with!VMware!GSX!
Server!3!or!with!versions!of!Workstation!prior!to!5.x.!