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Table 7‑1. Virtual Machine Options
Options Description
General Options Virtual machine name and location of the virtual machine configuration file and virtual
machine working location. View or change the type and version of the guest operating
system.
VMware Remote Console
Options
Locking behavior and settings for simultaneous connections,
VMware Tools Power Controls behavior, VMware Tools scripts, automatic upgrades, and time
synchronization between the guest and host.
Power Management Virtual machine Suspend behavior and wake on LAN.
Boot Options Virtual machine boot options. Add a delay before booting, force entry into the BIOS or
EFI setup screen, or set reboot options.
Advanced Advanced virtual machine options. See the table below.
Fibre Channel NPIV Virtual node and port World Wide Names (WWNs).
When you select Edit Settings from a virtual machine right-button menu, click VM Options, and click
Advanced, you can select one of the following options.
Table 7‑2. Advanced Virtual Machine Options
Advanced Options Description
Settings Specify acceleration and logging settings.
Debugging and statistic Specify the level of debugging information that is being collected.
Swap file location Specify the swap file location.
Configuration Parameters View, modify, or add configuration parameters.
Latency Sensitivity Set a value for latency sensitivity.
Change the Virtual Machine Name
If you move a virtual machine to a different datastore folder or move the virtual machine to a host that has
an existing virtual machine of the same name, you can change the virtual machine's name to keep it unique.
When you change the name of a virtual machine, you change the name used to identify the virtual machine
in the vCenter Server inventory. This action does not change the name used as the computer name by the
guest operating system.
The virtual machine name also determines the name of the virtual machine files and folder on the disk. For
example, if you name the virtual machine win8, the virtual machine files are named win8.vmx, win8.vmdk,
win8.nvram, and so on. If you change the virtual machine name, the names of the files on the datastore do
not change.
NOTE Migration with Storage vMotion changes the virtual machine file names on the destination datastore
to match the inventory name of the virtual machine. The migration renames all virtual disk, configuration,
snapshot, and .nvram files. If the new names exceed the maximum filename length, the migration does not
succeed.
Procedure
1 Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings.
2 Click the VM Options tab and expand General Options.
3 Delete the existing name and type a new name for the virtual machine in the VM Name text box.
4 Click OK.
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