x360Recover - How to edit VMware settings to support x360Recover

x360Recover does not support virtual installations of appliances and vaults in production.  

Use at your own risk.

However, it is 'ok' to run  x360Recover Global Management Portal GMP configuration in a VM as long as it has 250GB hard drive and one 2GB hard drive thin provisioned.

In addition the following VMware settings need to be configured:

Please review the links below to learn how to edit the virtual machine setting to support x360Recover.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1714 

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1020302

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc_50%2FGUID-B746F15C-888F-4210-ABDA-94E2D66854CC.html

Editing VMware settings to support x360Recover:

1. Gracefully shutdown x360Recover
2. With the VM off, download the .vmx file and open in WordPad 
3. Copy and paste the 4 entries below into the vmx file and save it

vcpu.hotadd = "FALSE"
featMask.vm.hv.capable = "Min:1"
vhv.enable = "TRUE"
disk.EnableUUID = "true"

4. Upload the modified vmx file to its original location
5. Re-register the vmx (remove machine from inventory and add it back to inventory)
6. Start the VM