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Configuring and Running Virtual Machines

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Configuring Virtual Machines

This section contains the following:

• Using VMkernel Devices on page 182

• Ethernet on page 182

• VMFS Virtual SCSI Disks on page 182

• Access Modes on page 183

• Virtual SCSI Disks on the Console Operating System on page 184

• Naming VMFS File Systems on page 185

• Recommended Configuration Options on page 186

• SleepWhenIdle on page 186

• Modifying the SMBIOS UUID on page 187

The simplest way to set up a new virtual machine is to use the Setup Wizard, as

described in Using the Setup Wizard to Configure Your Server on page 33.

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 VMware Management Interface

(http://<hostname>/) as a user who has rights to change the

configuration file.

2. From the server’s overview page (http://<hostname>/overview), click

the link under the name of the virtual machine you want to reconfigure.

3. On the details page for that virtual machine, click Edit VM Configuration.

4. Make any changes you wish to the configuration, then click Save Changes.

To modify other settings in the configuration, manually edit the configuration file as

described in this section. You may use the configuration file editor in the VMware

Management Interface (point to the terminal icon for the virtual machine, then click

Edit Configuration > Use Text Editor) or log in to the console operating system and

use a text editor there. For purposes of illustration, we assume that you are working

with the file newvm.cfg in a directory named /virtual machines/vm1.

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