General Options

In the General pane, you can give a name to the Parallels physical server or change it if it already exists. You can also change the default folder for the virtual machines files. The files of new virtual machines created on this server will be placed to the folder you specified in this pane.

Custom Name

In this field, you can give a name to the server or change it if it already exists. This name will be displayed in the sidebar of the main window and will be visible only on your Parallels Management Console.

Note : The name for the server must be unique and cannot be given to a second server.

Default Folder for Virtual Machines

The default folder for virtual machines depends on the server primary operating system.

In Mac OS X : /Users/Shared/Parallels/

In Parallels Server Bare Metal : /var/Parallels/

In Parallels Server Bare Metal Xserve Edition : /var/Parallels/

To change the default folder, type the path to it or click the Choose button to locate the folder.

Restore Defaults

To apply the default settings, click Restore Defaults .