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Chapter 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
Configuring Virtual Machines
Key!configuration!settings!for!an!existing!virtual!machine!can!be!changed!from!the!
VMware!Management!Interface.!The!virtual!machine!must!be!powered!off!when!you!
change!the!configuration.
To configure the virtual machine
1Log!in!to!the!server!from!the!management!interface!(http://<hostname>)!as!a!
user!who!has!rights!to!change!the!configuration!file.!
2Click
!the!name!of!the!virtual!machine!you!want!to!reconfigure.!
3On!the!Status!Monitor!for!that!virtual!machine,!click!Hardware!or!Options!in!the!
Configuration!section.
4 Select!a!device!or!option!to!configure,!and!click!Edit.
5Make!any!changes!to!the!configuration,!and!click!OK.!
Details!about!changing!these!configuration!
settings!are!discussed!in!“Configuring!
Virtual!Machines”!on!page 73.
You!can!modify!other!settings!in!the!configuration.!These!settings!include:
! “Recommended!Configuration!Options”!on!page 74
! “Modifying!the!SMBIOS!UUID”!on!page 75
! “Enabling!the!Physical!Hardware’s!OEMID!to!Be!Seen!by!the!Virtual!Machine”!on!
page 78
To!modify!these!settings!in!the!configuration,!manually!edit!the!configuration!file!by!
doing!one!of!the!following:
! Use!the!configuration!file!editor!in!the!VMware!Management!Interface.!Point!to!the!
terminal!icon!for!the!virtual!machine,!click!the!arrow!to!the!right!of!the!terminal!
icon,!and!select!Configure!Options.!Under!Verbose!Options,!click!the!link.!See!
“Setting!Startup!and!Shutdown!Options!by!Modifying!the!Configuration!File
!
Directly!(Advanced!Users!Only)”!on!page 126.
! Log!into!the!service!console!and!use!a!text!editor.
For!purposes!of!illustration,!we!assume!that!you! are!working!with!the!file!newvm.vmx!
in!a!directory!named!/virtual machines/vm1.!
CAUTION Only!one!user!at!a!time!should!modify!the!configuration!for!a!particular!
virtual!machine.