VMWare Configuration Files

Examples

Windows XP Professional.vmx

This is a configuration with two disk...

.encoding = "UTF-8"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
memsize = "512"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "Disk1.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "Disk2.vmdk"
ide1:0.deviceType = "disk"
floppy0.fileName = "A:"
Ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
Ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
displayName = "WinXP"
guestOS = "winxppro"
priority.grabbed = "normal"
priority.ungrabbed = "normal"

workingDir = ""

ide0:0.redo = ""
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d 89 90 19 80 aa 49-2f 69 31 f8 fc 28 0c 14"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 89 90 19 80 aa 49-2f 69 31 f8 fc 28 0c 14"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:28:0c:14"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

ide1:1.present = "FALSE"
ide1:1.fileName = "Z:"
ide1:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

ide0:1.present = "TRUE"
ide0:1.fileName = "auto detect"
ide0:1.autodetect = "TRUE"
ide0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"

mks.enable3d = "TRUE"

ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"

checkpoint.vmState = ""
ide0:1.startConnected = "TRUE"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
unity.wasCapable = "FALSE"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
vmci0.id = "-507835991"
gui.fullScreenAtPowerOn = "FALSE"
gui.viewModeAtPowerOn = "windowed"

usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"

floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

usb.pciSlotNumber = "34"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"
usb:0.present = "TRUE"
usb:1.present = "TRUE"
usb:1.deviceType = "hub"
usb:0.deviceType = "mouse"

hgfs.mapRootShare = "TRUE"
hgfs.linkRootShare = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"
sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "/Arch"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "Arch"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"

ethernet1.present = "FALSE"
ethernet1.connectionType = "nat"
ethernet1.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet1.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"

annotation = "This is basic WInXP Pro install..."

With a Second Host Only Network Interface

.encoding = "UTF-8"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
memsize = "512"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "LoadRunner.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "FALSE"
ide1:0.fileName = "Z:"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
floppy0.fileName = "A:"
Ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
Ethernet0.connectionType = "hostonly"
displayName = "LoadRunner"
guestOS = "winxppro"
priority.grabbed = "normal"
priority.ungrabbed = "normal"

workingDir = ""

ide0:0.redo = ""
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d bd e7 b2 d5 b2 19-cc d3 e4 5e ba 50 02 6e"
uuid.bios = "56 4d bd e7 b2 d5 b2 19-cc d3 e4 5e ba 50 02 6e"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:50:02:6e"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

ide1:1.present = "FALSE"
ide1:1.fileName = "Z:"
ide1:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

ide0:1.present = "TRUE"
ide0:1.fileName = "auto detect"
ide0:1.autodetect = "TRUE"
ide0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"

mks.enable3d = "TRUE"

ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"

checkpoint.vmState = ""
ide0:1.startConnected = "TRUE"
tools.syncTime = "TRUE"
unity.wasCapable = "FALSE"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
vmci0.id = "-507835991"
gui.fullScreenAtPowerOn = "FALSE"
gui.viewModeAtPowerOn = "windowed"

usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"

floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

usb.pciSlotNumber = "34"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"
usb:0.present = "TRUE"
usb:1.present = "TRUE"
usb:1.deviceType = "hub"
usb:0.deviceType = "mouse"

hgfs.mapRootShare = "TRUE"
hgfs.linkRootShare = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"
sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "/Arch"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "Arch"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"

ethernet1.present = "FALSE"
ethernet1.connectionType = "nat"
ethernet1.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet1.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"

annotation = "This is basic WInXP Pro SP3 install with - WinZip (8.1), AVG 8.5, Office2003, cygwin, tortoisesvn, IE8.  [LoadRunner to be installed]

LoadRunner to be installed!"

usb.autoConnect.device0 = ""

Resizing Windows XP Disks in VMWare

Check out the following reference ... which describes how to mount the disk to be extended in another VM instance (as a second disk) and then start that instance and run the Windows tool, diskpart.exe, to extend the NTFS partition.