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For years I've been setting the Guest OS type in VMware vSphere and Workstation and for years it's bugged me. What does it really do?

03.08.2020 · Select a guest OS. Select a guest OS family and then select a guest OS version. In this example, Ubuntu Linux 19 x64 is installed. Guest OS Family: Linux. Guest OS Version: Ubuntu Linux (64-bit) Selecting the correct guest OS in the list allows the wizard to provide the suitable default configuration of the VM for installing an operating system ...

Feb 26, 2018 · Select the guest operating system family from the Guest OS drop-down menu. Select the guest operating system version. If you select Other for the guest operating system family and Other (32-bit) or Other (64-bit) for the version, type a name for the operating system in the text box. Click OK.

08.10.2019 · Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings. Click the VM Options tab and expand General Options. From the Guest OS drop-down menu, select the guest operating system family. From the Guest OS Version drop-down menu, select the guest operating system version. Click OK. Parent topic: General Virtual Machine Options

21.03.2013 · If you push out VMware Tools via vCenter it will use the Guest OS Version to determine what Tools version it will attempt to deploy. Mixing Linux and Windows OS Versions will cause VMware Tools deployment to fail. Forth, we have a few lesser consequences. Some VM options are only enabled and available to certain OS Versions.

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10.01.2019 · Now to get the guest ID back to the correct version, you can't use PowerCLI or vCenter Server unfortunately. So the workaround is to connect directly to the ESXI host that is running the VM and manually update the guest ID back to the working guest_id. vCenter Server then does display the correct OS version.

VMware Tools is provided in these formats: ESX and ESXi are equivalent products from a Guest OS compatibility perspective. In this guide we only explicitly list ESX compatibility information for versions prior to 5.0. If a Guest OS is supported for ESX, the Guest OS is also supported for the corresponding ESXi version.

Resolution · Select a virtual machine. · In the virtual machines and templates inventory tree, select a group of virtual machines and select a ...

09.01.2019 · Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings. Click the VM Options tab and expand General Options. From the Guest OS drop-down menu, select the guest operating system family. From the Guest OS Version drop-down menu, select the guest operating system version.

Mar 21, 2013 · Recently I noticed in my vSphere 5.1 environment I couldn’t change the Guest OS anymore. In vCenter 5.1 there are now two options. Guest OS and Guest OS Version. A little research later and as of vSphere 5.1 you cannot change the Guest Operation System settings once the VM has been created. They will appear greyed out.

Oct 08, 2019 · Procedure. Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings. Click the VM Options tab and expand General Options. From the Guest OS drop-down menu, select the guest operating system family. From the Guest OS Version drop-down menu, select the guest operating system version. Click OK.

Customize guest OS When cloning a virtual machine or deploying it from a template, you need to provide vCenter Server with the information necessary to give the VM its own unique identity, such as the IP address, passwords, computer name, and license settings.

Edit your Nested ESXi Virtual Machine using vSphere Web client -> Edit ... Step-2: Select “Linux” as the guestOS Family and “Other Linux (64-bit It is worth ...

To make your virtual machine fully functional, you need to install a guest operating system. This is usually done through vSphere Web Client by attaching a ...

When you set the guest operating system type for a new virtual machine, vCenter Server applies configuration defaults based on the type of ...

Compatibility Guide shows the certification status of operating system releases for use as a Guest OS by the following VMware products: • VMware ESXi/ESX Server 3.0 and later • VMware Workstation 6.0 and later • VMware Fusion 2.0 and later • VMware ACE 2.0 and later

If you select Other for the guest operating system family and Other (32-bit) or Other (64-bit) for the version, in the vSphere Web Client you ...

Guest OS. Constructors in com.vmware.vcenter with parameters of type GuestOS. Constructor and Description ...

26.02.2018 · Click the VM Options tab and expand General Options. Select the guest operating system family from the Guest OS drop-down menu. Select the guest operating system version. If you select Other for the guest operating system family and Other (32-bit) or Other (64-bit) for the version, type a name for the operating system in the text box. Click OK.

Jan 09, 2019 · From the Guest OS drop-down menu, select the guest operating system family. From the Guest OS Version drop-down menu, select the guest operating system version. If you select Other for the guest operating system family and Other (32-bit) or Other (64-bit) for the version, in the vSphere Web Client you are prompted to type a name for the ...