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Chapter 4 Creating and Upgrading a Virtual Machine
Considerthefollowingwhenchangingthevirtualhardwareversionofavirtual
machine:
ForWorkstation4,5.x,6, 6.5and7.0virtualmachines,youcanchangetheversion
oftheoriginalvirtualmachineorcreateafullclone,sothattheoriginalremains
unaltered.ForWorkstation4virtualmachines,Workstationchangestheoriginal
virtualmachine.
IfyouupgradeaWorkstation4or5.xvirtualmachinethatiscompatiblewith
ESX ServertoWorkstation6,6.5,or7.0youcannotusetheChangeVersionwizard
tolaterdowngradeitagaintoanESX‐compatiblevirtualmachine.
OnWindowshosts,however,youcanusetheConversionwizard(chooseFile>
Import)toper
formsu
chadowngrade.
WhenyouupgradeaWindowsXP,WindowsServer2003,WindowsVista,or
Windows7virtualmachine,theMicrosoftproductactivationfeaturemight
requireyoutoreactivatetheguestoperatingsystem.
To change the version of a virtual machine
1Makebackupcopiesofthevirtualdisks(.vmdkfiles).
2IfyouareupgradingfromaWorkstation4or5.xvirtualmachine,ordow
ngrading
toaWorkstation4or5.xvirtualmachine,makeanoteoftheNICsettingsinthe
guest.
Specifically,ifyouspecifiedastaticIPaddressforthisvirtualmachine,afterthe
upgrade,thatsettingmightbechangedtoautomaticassignmentbyDHCP.
TochecktheNICsettings,usethemethodappropriatefo
ryouroperatingsystem.
Forexample,onWindowsXP,youcanusetheControlPanel’sNetwork
ConnectionsitemtofindinformationabouttheTCP/IPaddressforthevirtual
machine.
3Shutdowntheguestoperatingsystemandpoweroffthevirtualmachine.
4 SelectthevirtualmachineandchooseVM>U
pgradeorChangeVersion.
5Fo
llowtheprompts.
Whenyouselectahardwarecompatibilityversion,youseealistoftheVMware
productsthatarecompatiblewiththatversion.IfyouselectWorkstation4,5,or6
youalsoseealistofWorkstation6.5and7.0featuresthatarenotsupportedforthat
version.
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