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vSphere Virtual Machine Management

By : Rebecca Fitzhugh
Book Image

vSphere Virtual Machine Management

By: Rebecca Fitzhugh

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
vSphere Virtual Machine Management
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

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There are many advanced virtual machine options available to adjust. This section will go over some of the more common advanced configurations that may be modified.

To modify the virtual machine, right-click in the vCenter Server inventory and select Edit Settings.

The General Options section

In the VM Options tab, under General Options, you will see VM Name; this specifies what the virtual machine's name appears as in the vCenter Server inventory, not necessarily what the computer name is in the guest operating system. The VM Config File option shows the entire path to reach the .vmx file and which datastore it is located on. The VM Working Location option details the location of the virtual machine's directory where its files are located. The Guest OS row will show Windows, Linux, or Other; the Guest OS Version will display the exact version within that Guest OS type, as shown in the following screenshot:

The VMware Remote Console Options section

Under the VMware...