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After startup, Virtual Machine -> Settings -> General -> Click the existing name of the VM to edit the text -> Rename and click outside the text box to save.
After startup, Virtual Machine -> Settings -> General -> Click the existing name of the VM to edit the text -> Rename and click outside the text box to save.
Shutdown.
Note that renaming the VM does not change the name of any bundle file on disk.


=Shrink a Sparse Disk=
=Shrink a Sparse Disk=

Revision as of 19:48, 3 May 2017

Internal

Changing the Number of CPUs Allocated to a VM

Virtual Machine -> Settings -> System Settings row -> Processors & Memory -> Processors.

Clone a VM

External

Procedure

Power off the VM.

Find the VM bundle.

Copy the VM bundle in a different location. Do not change any name (yet).

Power on the copy.

Fusion will ask if the VM was moved or copied:

VMware Fusion Operations Moved or Copied.png

Select "Copied" - a new UUID and MAC address will be generated.

Go to Rename a VM.

Rename a VM

External

Procedure

After startup, Virtual Machine -> Settings -> General -> Click the existing name of the VM to edit the text -> Rename and click outside the text box to save.

Shutdown.

Note that renaming the VM does not change the name of any bundle file on disk.

Shrink a Sparse Disk

External

Procedure

"Clean Up Virtual Machine"