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Chapter 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
If!the!UUID!does!not !match!the!value!of!uuid.location,!the!newly!generated!value!is!
used!as!the!virtual!machine’s!UUID!and!is!saved!to!the!configuration!file,!replacing!the!
previous!value!of!uuid.location!and!(if!it!exists)!uuid.bios.
Setting the UUID for a Virtual Machine That Is Not Being Moved
To!assign!a!specific!UUID!to!a!virtual!machine!that!is!not!being!moved,!add!one!line!to!
the!configuration!file.!Use!the!configuration!file!editor!in!the!VMware!Management!
Interface!by!completing!one!of!the!following:
! In!the!management!interface,!click!the!arrow!to!the!right!of!the!terminal!icon!for!
that!virtual!machine!and!select!Configure!Options!in!the!virtual!machine!menu!
(see!“Using!the!Virtual!Machine!Menu”!on!page 86).!Click!the!link!under!Verbose!
Options.!Create!an!option!called!uuid.bios!and!set!the!value!
as!described!below.
! Log!in!to!the!service!console!and,!using!a!text!editor,!open!the!virtual!machine’s!
configuration!file!(.vmx).!Add!the!following!line:
uuid.bios = <uuidvalue>
The!UUID!value!(<uuidvalue>)!must!be!surrounded!by!quotation!marks.!A!sample!
configuration!option!might!look!like!this:
uuid.bios = “00 11 22 33 44 55 66 77-88 99 aa bb cc dd ee ff”
After!adding!this!option!to!the!configuration!file,!restart!the!virtual!machine.!The!new!
UUID!is!used!when!the!virtual!machine!restarts.
Setting the UUID for a Virtual Machine That Is Being Moved
To!move!a!virtual!machine!and!have!it!use!the!same!UUID!it!had!before!the!move,!note!
the!UUID!being!used!before!the!move!and!add!that!UUID!to!the!configuration!file!after!
the!move.!
To set the UUID before moving a virtual machine
1Before!moving!the!virtual!machine,!examine!its!configuration!file.!
Complete!one!of!the!following:
! In!the!management!interface,!click!the!arrow!to!the!right!of!the!terminal!icon!
for!that!virtual!machine!and!select!Configure!Options!in!the!virtual!machine!
menu!(see!“Using!the!Virtual!Machine!Menu”!on!page 86).!Click!the!link!
under!Verbose!Options.
! Log!in!to!the!service!console!and,!using!a!text!editor,!open!the!virtual!
machine’s!configuration!file!(.vmx).
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OTE Any!changes!to!the!UUID!take!effect!only!after!the!virtual!machine!is!rebooted.