Editing Virtual Machine Configuration

The configuration of an existing virtual machine can be changed in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog. You can open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog by doing one of the following:

• Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu.
• Click the Configure button on the toolbar of the virtual machine main window.
• Right-clicking the virtual machine in the main window sidebar and choosing Configure from the context menu.
• Selecting Configure in the Operations area of the virtual machine Summary pane or clicking any of the items in the Configuration area.

Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to configure your virtual machine in a variety of ways. For example, you can

• Configure the virtual machine general options in the General window .
• Define the virtual machine boot options in the Boot Order pane of the Hardware window .
• Configure different parameters of the devices currently available inside the virtual machine: hard disk drives , CD/DVD-ROM drives , floppy disk drives , etc.
• Configure the resource values currently set for the virtual machine: main memory , video memory , CPU , etc.
• Add a new device to the virtual machine or remove an existing one .