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When the Add Virtual Machine Wizard starts, take the following steps to add an existing virtual machine to the project:

1. Click Next to enter the wizard. The Add New or Existing Virtual Machine panel appears.

   

   Select Existing virtual machines and click Next.

2. The Select Virtual Machines panel appears.

   

   Click Browse and navigate to the configuration (.vmx) file for the virtual machine you want to add to the project.

   You may add one or more virtual machines to the project.

   To remove a virtual machine from the list in this panel, choose the virtual machine's name in the list, then click Remove.

   The new hardware wizard checks the virtual machine and warns you if any of its configuration settings make it inappropriate for use in VMware ACE. The following settings generate warnings:

   • Generic SCSI device present
   • Physical disks attached
   • Virtual Ethernet adapters using custom networking
   • Nondefault power settings — for example, power on after opening the virtual machine, enter full screen mode after powering on or close after powering off
   • Nondefault working directory; the default is no directory specified, which means the virtual machine directory is used as the working directory
   • Locked snapshot present

     If the wizard warns you about any of these settings, you must open the virtual machine in the application used to create it and make the appropriate changes. You may then add the virtual machine to the project.

3. The Ready to Complete panel appears.

   

   Select Set policies after the wizard closes if you want to go directly to the policy editor and set policies for the virtual machines in the project.

   Deselect Set policies after the wizard closes if you do not want to set policies for the virtual machines at this time.

   Click Finish to complete the Add Virtual Machine Wizard.