Specifications

Administration Guide
78 VMware, Inc.
If!the!virtual!machine’s!UUID!has!been!set!to!a!specific!value,!the!configuration!file!
has!a!line!that!begins!with!uuid.bios.!The!128‐bit!hexadecimal!value!that!follows!
is!the!value!you!should!use!in!the!new!location.
If!no!line!begins!with!uuid.bios,!look!for!the!line!that!
begins!with!
uuid.location!and!note!the!128‐bit!hexadecimal!value!that!follows!it.
2Move!the!virtual!machine’s!disk!(.dsk!or!.vmdk)!file!to!the!new!location.!
3Use!the!management!interface!to!create!a!new!virtual!machine!configuration!and!
set!it!to!use!the!virtual!disk!file!you!moved!in!the!
previous!step.
4Edit!the!virtual!machine’s!configuration!file!to!add!a!uuid.bios!line,!as!described!
in!“Setting!the!UUID!for!a!Virtual!Machine!That!Is!Not!Being!Moved”!on!page 77.!
5Set!the!value!of!uuid.bios!to!the!value!you!recorded!in!Step!1,!and!remove!the!
uuid.location!line!in!the!virtual!
machine’s!configuration!file.
6Start!the!virtual!machine.!
It!should!have!the!same!UUID!as!it!did!before!the!move.
Enabling the Physical Hardware’s OEMID to Be Seen by the
Virtual Machine
Each!virtual!machine!is!assigned!an!Original!Equipment!Manufacturer!ID!(OEMID),!
comprising!the!Manufacturer!and!Product!Name,!which!is!stored!in!the!SMBIOS!
system!information!descriptor.!It!can!be!accessed!by!standard!SMBIOS!scanning!
software!and!used!for!systems!management!in!the!same!way!you!use!the!OEMID!of!a!
physical
!computer.
By!default,!the!Manufacturer!string!is!“VMware,!Inc.”!and!the!Product!Name!string!is!
“VMware!Virtual!Platform”.
If!the!virtual!machine’s!configuration!file!has!the!option:!
SMBIOS.reflectHost = TRUE
the!Manufacturer!and!Product!Name!strings!in!the!virtual!machine!are!the!same!as!the!
Manufacturer!and!Product!Name!of!the!host!system.
These!strings!are!updated!(copied!from!the!host!BIOS!to!the!virtual!machine!BIOS)!on!
every!virtual!machine!BIOS!POST!(Power!On!Self!Test).