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use bridged networking. For zones in which the host’s network access is unrestricted,
you may prefer to use NAT networking.
You can use advanced network quarantine policy options to specify the networking
type for each zone. If you specify the network type for any zone, you should specify it
for all zones.
Make the following changes after you have defined guest policies for all zones as
described in Defining Guest Policies on page 240:
1. Use a text editor to open <vmname>.vmpl in the affected virtual machine’s
folder inside the project folder. Exit VMware ACE Manager, then open
<vmname>.vmpl in your text editor.
2. Do one of the following:
• To use the same settings in all zones, look for the following lines. If they exist,
edit them appropriately. If they do not exist, add them to the policy file.
quarantine.networkType.present = "1"
quarantine.networkType.defaultNetwork = "<type>"
The value of <type> may be "bridged" for bridged networking or
"nat" for NAT networking.
• To use different settings in different zones, add the following two lines for
each zone.
guest.zone.<zone_number>.quarantine.networkType.present = "1"
guest.zone.<zone_number>.quarantine.networkType.defaultNetwork = "<type>"
The value of <zone_number> must match the value defined in the line
guest.zone.<zone_number>.key = "<zone_number>" and the value
of <type> may be "bridged" for bridged networking or "nat" for NAT
networking.
You must have both lines in the section for each zone.
When the virtual machine powers on, or when it changes zones, all virtual Ethernet
adapters configured for that virtual machine are changed to the specified network
type.
Switching adapter types requires the guest operating system to renew any DHCP
leases it may have held. On Windows guest operating systems, this can be forced by
disconnecting the virtual adapters temporarily. For this reason, VMware ACE
disconnects the adapters briefly each time the adapter changes from bridged to NAT
or vice versa.