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makip
Contributor
Contributor
‎08-08-2007 04:46 AM

Cannot make changes to a (shutdown) VM's properties

I'm using a vm I copied over from VMware 5.5 Workstation for Windows. The VM is of Win 2003 server and I have shut it down so that I can change its RAM, CD, hdd etc. properties. The properties are greyed out and unavailable for change however. What may be preventing the change of properties?

The permissions of the vm's files are -rwxr-xr-x

I have been able to install the vmtools inside the guest OS, and I can shutdown, but cannot take a VM snapshot as that's greyed out also. I havent tried creating a new vm from scratch, the behaviour is just for vm's created elsewhere.

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SMB1
Expert
Expert
‎08-08-2007 06:29 AM

Try upgrading the Virtual Hardware under Virtual Machine -> Upgrade Virtual Machine

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Deryni
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎08-08-2007 07:09 AM

Also, are you sure that the VM has been powered off, and not just suspended?

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makip
Contributor
Contributor
‎08-08-2007 03:00 PM

Great - thank you. The 'Upgrade Virtual Machine' menu option was necessary. After running that the properties are no longer greyed out.

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