You can view or change virtual machine settings from the vSphere Client. Not all options are available to every virtual machine and some options rarely need to change from their defaults.
The host that the virtual machine runs on and the guest operating system must support any configurations that you make.
You can view and change virtual machine settings on the VM Options tab of the Edit Settings wizard.
You can select one of the following options.
| Options | Description |
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| General Options | In this section, you can view or change the following settings.
Currently, you can only edit the virtual machine name. The information about the other settings is currently read only. To change the operating system for a VM, you have to reinstall the OS - or consider deploying a new VM with your operating system of choice. |
| VMware Remote Console Options | In this section, you can change the locking behavior of a virtual machine and the settings for simultaneous connections. |
| Encryption | In this section, you can change the encryption settings of a virtual machine. |
| Power Management | In this section, you can change virtual machine suspend behavior. |
| VMware Tools | In this section, you can change the behavior of VMware Tools scripts. You can also customize the automatic VMware Tools upgrades and the time synchronization between the guest and host. |
| Virtualization Based Security | Activate or deactivate VBS for the virtual machine.
Note: This option is only available in the
vSphere Client.
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| Boot Options | In this section, you can change the virtual machine boot options. For example, add a delay before booting, force entry into the BIOS or EFI setup screen, or set reboot options. |
| Advanced | In this section, you can change the following advanced virtual machine options.
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| Fibre Channel NPIV | In this section, you can change the virtual node and port World Wide Names (WWNs). |
