Specifications

Administration Guide
68 VMware, Inc.
7 Select!the!newly!imported!disk!file!(.dsk!or!.vmdk),!and! click!Edit!Properties.
8 Change!the!user!and!group!names!in!the!right!column!so!the!file’s!owner!and!
group!match!those!of!the!user!who!will!run!the!virtual!machine!and!click!OK.
9Log!out,!and!log!back!in!as
!the!user!who!will!run!the!new!virtual!machine.
10 Create!a!new!virtual!machine!as!described!in!“Creating!a!New!Virtual!Machine”!
on!page 39.!
When!you!set!the!file!name!for!the!new!virtual!machine’s!disk,!use!the!virtual!disk!
file!you!copied!to!the!VMFS!partition.
11 If!you!imported!the!
virtual!machine!from!ESX!Server!1.5.2,!GSX!Server!2.5.1!or!
Workstation!3.2!or!earlier,!upgrade!the!virtual!hardware.
aMake!sure!the!virtual!machine!is!powered!off.!
bOn!the!Status!Monitor,!click!the!arrow!to!the!right!of!the!terminal!icon!
(!!)!and!choose!Configure!Hardware.!
cOn!the!Hardware!tab,!
click!Upgrade!Virtual!Hardware!and!click!OK!to!
upgrade!the!hardware.
12 In!the!configuration!file,!look!for!the!option!scsi0.virtualDev!and!change!the!
value!from!vmxlsilogic!to!vmxbuslogic.
To!modify!the!configuration!file,!see!“Setting!Startup!and!Shutdown!Options!by!
Modifying!the!Configuration!File!Directly!(Advanced!Users!Only)”!on!page 126.!
13 Boot!
your!virtual!machine!in!a!remote!console!and!install!VMware!Tools!and!the!
network!driver!in!the!virtual!machine.!
Some!guest!operating!systems!display!messages!about!detecting!hardware!
changes!and!require!you!to!reboot!the!virtual!machine.!This!occurs!because!
VMware!ESX!Server!uses!an!emulation!for!chipsets!and!BIOS!that
!is!slightly!
different!from!those!used!by!other!VMware!products.
Exporting Virtual Machines
You!can!export!a!virtual!machine!to!Workstation!4,!provided!it!is!a!uniprocessor!virtual!
machine.!Multiprocessor!(SMP)!virtual!machines!cannot!be!exported!to!Workstation!4.!
If!the!virtual!disks!are!in!undoable!mode,!you!must!commit!the!changes!in!the!redo!log!
before!exporting!the!virtual!machine!for!your!changes
!to!carry!over.
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OTE If!you!do!not!see!the!message!about!transferring!disks,!a!problem!exists!with!
the!import.!Make!sure!you!are!pasting!to!the!correct!vmfs!folder.