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Key configuration settings for an existing virtual machine can be changed from the VMware Management Interface. The virtual machine must be powered off when you change the configuration.

1. Log in to the server from the management interface (http://<hostname>) as a user who has rights to change the configuration file.
2. Click the name of the virtual machine you want to reconfigure.
3. On the Status Monitor page for that virtual machine, click Hardware or Options in the Configuration section.
4. Select a device or option to configure, then click Edit.
5. Make any changes you wish to the configuration, then click OK.

Details about changing these configuration settings are discussed in Configuring a Virtual Machine.

Caution: Only one user at a time should modify the configuration for a particular virtual machine.

You can modify other settings in the configuration. These settings include:

• Recommended Configuration Options
• Modifying the SMBIOS UUID
• Enabling the Physical Hardware's OEM ID to Be Seen by the Virtual Machine

To modify these settings in the configuration, manually edit the configuration file by doing one of the following:

• Use the configuration file editor in the VMware Management Interface. Point to the terminal icon for the virtual machine, then click the arrow to the right of the terminal icon and select Configure Options. Then, under Verbose Options, click the link. For more information, see Modifying the Configuration File Directly (Advanced Users Only).
• Log into the service console and use a text editor there.

For purposes of illustration, we assume that you are working with the file newvm.vmx in a directory named /virtual machines/vm1.