Updated Information

This vSphere Virtual Machine Administration document is updated with each release of the product or when necessary.

This table provides the update history of the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration documentation.

Revision	Description
12 AUG 2020	At VMware, we value inclusion. To foster this principle within our customer, partner, and internal community, we are replacing some of the terminology in our content. We have updated this guide to remove instances of non-inclusive language.
16 JAN 2019	Added a prerequisite step in Change the Swap File Location in the vSphere Web Client. Added a reference to the MSCS documentation in About VMware Paravirtual SCSI Controllers. Updated information about virtual machine and template names in Select the Virtual Machine Name and Folder, Select a Name and Location for the Template, and Change the Virtual Machine Name in the vSphere Web Client,
04 MAY 2018	Added information about the consequences of increasing the size of Eager Zeroed Thick virtual disks in About Virtual Disk Provisioning Policies and in Change the Virtual Disk Configuration in the vSphere Web Client, Step 3. Added a note in Deleting Snapshots explaining how deleting a single snapshot affects the virtual machine and other snapshots. Added a note about the time synchronization default value in Configure Time Synchronization Between Guest and Host Operating Systems.
14 FEB 2018	Changed the description of .vmsd and .vmsn files in Virtual Machine Files.
03 OCT 2017	Added the power on a virtual machine task in Required Privileges for Common Tasks. Added information about .hlog and .vmtx files in Virtual Machine Files. Corrected navigation instructions in the tasks in Add a vService Dependency in the vSphere Web Client, Remove a vService Dependency in the vSphere Web Client, and Edit a vService Dependency in the vSphere Web Client. Fixed the broken URL in Install the VMware Remote Console Application. Added information about the consequences of a virtual hardware version upgrade in Upgrading Virtual Machines and Upgrade the Compatibility for Virtual Machines by Using the vSphere Web Client.
EN-001518-05	Removed the internal option from the Configure Hyperthreaded Core table. See Configure Hyperthreaded Core Sharing in the vSphere Web Client.
EN-001518-04	Removed VMware Studio information from the multi-tiered application topic. See Managing Multi-Tiered Applications with vSphere vApp.
EN-001518-03	Updated information about VMware Tools component values. See Names of VMware Tools Components Used in Silent Installations. Added a new topic about the HTML 5 Remote console to a virtual machine. See Open the HTML 5 Remote Console. Updated information about the virtual machine remote consoles. See Using a Virtual Machine Remote Console.
EN-001518-02	Updated procedures for installing VMware Tools depending on the operating system. See Installing VMware Tools. Added information about automatic installation of the WDDM graphics drivers on Windows guest operating systems. See Upgrading VMware Tools. Removed Datastore.Allocate space privilege from privileges required to take a virtual machine snapshot. See Required Privileges for Common Tasks. Updated information about virtual machine startup and shutdown settings. See Edit Virtual Machine Startup and Shutdown Settings in the vSphere Web Client. Added a link to the requirements for configuring USB devices from a remote computer. See Connect USB Devices to a Client Computer. Updated information about enabling the advanced options in the export an OVF template process. See Export an OVF Template.
EN-001518-01	Corrected the KB link in Add a PCI Device in the vSphere Web Client. Added the new topic Install the VMware Remote Console Application that provides instructions for installing the VMware Remote Console (VMRC). Added the new topic Using the VMware Remote Console Application that provides instructions for using the VMRC. Removed information about downloading the Client Integration Plugin (CIP) from a virtual machine console in Install the Client Integration Plug-In.
EN-001518-00	Initial release.