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Virtual Machine Directory

This panel allows the default virtual machine directory to be changed. The configuration wizard puts all files associated with the virtual machine in this directory, including the virtual machine configuration and virtual disk file or raw disk definition files. Each virtual machine should reside in a separate directory.

The default virtual machine directory is ~/vmware/vmname. Reasons for using a different directory include lack of space on the drive, and wishing 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 start small and do not always fill up, so it is not necessary to have that much free space on your drive. It is possible to move the virtual disk file to a different host drive later. In that case, the path virtual disk file must be changed in the configuration editor.

Use the configuration wizard Virtual Disk panel to limit the maximum size of a new virtual disk to a number smaller than the 2 gigabytes default.