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5 To have the floppy drive connected to the virtual machine when you power it on, select Connect at
power on.
6 Click Next.
7 Review the information on the Ready to Complete page, and click Finish.
8 Click OK to save your changes.
Change the Floppy Drive Configuration in the vSphere Client
You can configure a virtual floppy drive device to connect to a client device or to an existing or new floppy
image.
ESXi does not support floppy drives that are backed by a physical floppy drive on the host.
NOTE You cannot use vMotion to migrate virtual machines that have floppy drives backed by a physical
floppy drive on ESX 3.5, 4. 0, and 4.x hosts that vCenter Server 5.0 manages. You must disconnect these
devices before you migrate the virtual machine.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client inventory, right-click the virtual machine and select Edit Settings.
2 Click the Hardware tab and select the Floppy drive.
3 Under Device Status, select Connect at power on to connect this virtual machine to the floppy drive
when the virtual machine is powered on.
4 Select the device type to use for this virtual device.
Option Description
Client Device
Select this option to connect the floppy device to a physical floppy device
or a .flp floppy image on the system running the vSphere Client.
To connect the device, click the Floppy Connections button in the toolbar
when you power on the virtual machine.
Use existing floppy image in
datastore
a Select this option to connect the virtual device to an existing floppy
image on a datastore accessible to the host.
b Click Browse and select the floppy image.
Create new floppy image in
datastore
a Select this option to create a floppy image on a datastore accessible to
the host.
b Click Browse and browse to the location for the floppy image.
c Enter a name for the floppy image and click OK.
5 Click OK to save your changes.
Add a SCSI Device to a Virtual Machine in the vSphere Client
You can add a SCSI device to a virtual machine through the Add Hardware wizard.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client inventory, right-click the virtual machine and select Edit Settings.
2 Click the Hardware tab and select Add.
3 Select SCSI Device and click Next.
4 Under Connection, use the drop-down menu to select a physical device.
5 Under Virtual Device Node, select the virtual device node where you want this device to appear in the
virtual machine.
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