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Chapter 3 Using the VMware Management Interface
Changing Your Virtual SCSI Adapter
By!default,!ESX!Server!assigns!the!BusLogic!virtual!SCSI!adapter!to!Linux,!Windows!
NT!4.0,!Windows!2000,!or!Windows!XP!Professional!guest!operating!systems.!Similarly,!
ESX!Server!assigns!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!virtual!adapter!to!Windows!2003!Server!guest!
operating!systems.
You!can!change!these!default!settings!by!editing!the!virtual!
machine’s!configuration!file!
through!the!management!interface!(described!in!“Setting!Startup!and!Shutdown!
Options!by!Modifying!the!Configuration!File!Directly!(Advanced!Users!Only)”!on!
page 126).
To change the default settings
1 Look!for!lines!similar!to!the!following!in!the!virtual!machine’s!configuration!file:
scsi0.present = “TRUE”
scsi0.virtualDev = “vmxbuslogic”
scsi0.sharedBus = “none”
2 Change!the!virtual!SCSI!adapter!to!your!choice.!
For!example,!for!the!scsi0.virtualDev!option,!change!vmxbuslogic!to!
vmxlsilogic.
3Click!OK!to!save!your!change!and!close!the!Options!pane.
If!you!change!the!guest!operating!system!on!a!virtual!machine!with!a!BusLogic!or!LSI!
Logic!SCSI!virtual!adapter,!the!virtual!
SCSI!adapter!is!updated!to!the!default!for!the!
new!guest!operating!system.
For!example,!if!you!have!a!virtual!machine!with!a!Linux!operating!system!and!change!
the!guest!operating!system!to!Windows!2003!Server,!the!virtual!SCSI!adapter!is!LSI!
Logic,!the!default!virtual!SCSI!adapter!for!a!Windows!
2003!Server!guest!operating!
systems.
Using the VMware Management Interface File Manager
Using!the!VMware!Management!Interface,!you!can!manage!the!file!system!of!your!
VMware!ESX!Server!machine!remotely.!Use!the!file!manager!to!change!the!permissions!
of!any!file!on!the!physical!machine,!create!new!directories!on!the!physical!machine!or!
cut,!copy,!paste,!and!delete!files!as!you!would!if
!you!were!working!directly!on!the!file!
system!itself.!To!use!the!file!manager,!click!Manage!Files!on!the!Status!Monitor!or!
Options!tab!of!the!management!interface.!
N
OTE If!you!change!a!virtual!machine’s!virtual!SCSI!adapter!to!a!custom!adapter,!your!choice!
is!retained!if!you!change!the!guest!operating!system!in!the!virtual!machine.!