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Virtual Machine Directory

This panel allows you to designate a directory for your virtual machine. The default virtual machine directory is ~/vmware/vmname.

The Configuration Wizard puts all files associated with a virtual machine in this directory. Virtual machine files include

Each virtual machine should reside in a separate directory.

Some of the reasons you may want to use a different directory include lack of space on the default drive or the need to place the virtual machine directory on a file server or on a removable disk.

Virtual disks can grow up to a maximum of 2 gigabytes in size, but they start small and do not always consume the maximum space allowed. Therefore it is not necessary to have 2 gigabytes of free space on your drive. It is possible to move the virtual disk file to a different host drive at a later time. If that is done, the path to the virtual disk file must be modified using the Configuration Editor.

If you want to limit the maximum size of a new virtual disk to less than the 2 gigabyte default, enter the maximum size in the Configuration Wizard's virtual disk panel. That setting is in megabytes; the 2 gigabyte default is entered as 2000. Once a virtual disk is created, the maximum size cannot be changed.