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ThischapterdescribestheVirtualMachinePropertieseditorandtheAddHardware

wizard.Theseallowyoutoeditandconfigureyourvirtualmachines.Italsodiscusses

advancedvirtualmachineconfigurationoptions.Theseactivitiescanbeperformed

duringthevirtualmachinecreationprocessorafteryoucreatethevirtualmachineand

install

theguestoperatingsystem.Thischapteralsodescribeslegacyvirtualmachines

andhowtoupgradethemtothecurrentvirtualmachinehardwareversion.Youmust

havesufficientpermissiontoperformtheactivitiesdescribedinthischapter.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

 “VirtualMachinePropertiesEditor”onpage 179

 “A d d i n g NewHardware”onpage 196

 “LegacyVirtualMachines”onpage 201

 “UpgradingVirtualHardware”onpage 202

Virtual Machine Properties Editor

TheVirtualMachinePropertiesEditorallowsyoutochangenearlyeverycharacteristic

thatyouchoosewhenyoucreatedthevirtualmachine.Thissectiondescribeshowto

usethispowerfuleditor.

To edit an existing virtual machine configuration

1FromtheVIClient,clickInventoryinthenavigationbar.

2 Expandtheinventoryasneeded,andselectthevirtualmachineyou

wanttoedit.

Configuring Virtual

Machines