Editing the properties of a new VM

Overview

You can edit the properties of a virtual machine, including the virtual machine name and description, hardware and network settings, guest OS settings, and so on.

Procedure

I. Change the general properties of a Virtual Machine

You can review and change a virtual machine's name, description, and other general properties.

Step 1: On the Virtual Data Center dashboard screen, click the card of the virtual data center you want to explore and from the left panel, select Virtual Machines.

Step 2: Click card view

Step 3: In the virtual machine card you want to edit, click Details.

Step 4: Under General expands by default > Edit to list of properties

Step 5: Click Save once you complete making your changes.

II. Change the hardware properties of a Virtual Machine

Step 1: On the Virtual Data Center dashboard screen, click the card of the virtual data center you want to explore, and from the left panel, select Virtual Machines.

Step 2: Click card view

Step 3: In the card of the virtual machine that you want to edit, click Details.

Step 4: To view the available removable media, such as attached CD/DVD and floppy drives, under Hardware, select the Removable Media tab.

Step 5: To edit the hard disk settings or add hard disks, select Hard Disks and click Edit. Click Save once done

Attention: You can increase the size of an existing hard disk if the virtual machine is not a linked clone and has no snapshots.

Step 6: To edit the computing settings, select Compute > Edit the relevant section.

Attention: vSphere restriction

1. VMware has set a maximum value for hot-add memory. By default, this value is 16 times the memory assigned to the virtual machine. (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2020846)
2. If you are running WM with Linux OS having less than 3GB RAM, you can change the memory to only 3GB RAM in total if you need more. You must power off the VM, increase memory to, for example, 4 GB RAM, and power it on again. (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2008405).

Step 7: To edit the NICs settings or add NICs, click NICs > Edit. Save once Done.