Installation guide

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
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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.
1. Log in to the server from the management interface (http://<hostname>)
as a user who has rights to change the configuration file.
2. Click the name of the virtual machine you want to reconfigure.
3. On the Status Monitor page for that virtual machine, click Hardware or Options
in the Configuration section.
4. Select a device or option to configure, then click Edit.
5. Make any changes you wish to the configuration, then click OK.
Details about changing these configuration settings are discussed in Configuring a
Virtual Machine on page 106.
Caution: Only one user at a time should modify the configuration for a particular
virtual machine.
You can modify other settings in the configuration. These settings include:
• Recommended Configuration Options on page 80
• Modifying the SMBIOS UUID on page 81
• Enabling the Physical Hardware’s OEM ID to Be Seen by the Virtual Machine on
page 84
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, then click the arrow to the right of the
terminal icon and select Configure Options. Then, under Verbose Options, click
the link. For more information, see Modifying the Configuration File Directly
(Advanced Users Only) on page 141.
• Log into the service console and use a text editor there.
For purposes of illustration, we assume that you are working with the file
newvm.vmx in a directory named /virtual machines/vm1.