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Chapter 6 Working with Virtual Machines
To edit advanced virtual machine properties
1Intheleftpane,clickServices.
2MovethepointerovertheservicenameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
3MovethepointerovertheconfigurationnameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
4MovethepointeroverthevirtualmachinenameandchoosePropertiesfromthe
menu.
5ClickAdvancedProperties.
6 UpdatetheCPU
settings:
 CPUPriority–PriorityforsharesofCPU.
 CPUReservation–MinimumamountofCPUsetasideforthevirtual
machine.
 CPULimit–MaximumamountofCPUavailableforthevirtualmachine.
 Use32‐bitVirtualCPU(OverridetheHostCPUType)–Bydefault,the
virtualCPUtypeassumesthephysicalhostCPUtype.
Selectthischeckboxtooverridethedefaultbehaviorandensurethevirtual
CPUtypeis32‐bit.Forexample,youmighthaveavirtualmachinewitha
32‐bitguestoperatingsystemthatdoesnothavetherequiressoftware(kernel
ordrivers)torunona64‐bitprocessor.Anotherexampleinvolvesamixed
(32‐bitand64‐bit)ESXhostenvironmentwhereyouneedtocompleteatesting
processspecificallyona32‐bitguestoperatingsystem
andthatoperating
systemaccommodatesboth32‐bitand64‐bitCPUarchitecture.
7 Updatethememorysettings:
 MemoryPriority–Priorityforsharesofmemory.
 MemoryReservation–Minimumamountofmemorysetasideforthevirtual
machine.
 MemoryLimit–Maximumamountofmemoryavailableforthevirtual
machine.
8Viewthevirtualmachinetoolandcustomizationsettingssetatthetemplatelevel:
 VMware ToolsInstalled–StatusofwhetherVMwareToolsisinstalledornot.
IfUnknown(Mustdeploytodetermine)appears,deploythevirtualmachine
andcheckthisvalueagain.