Upgrading the
hardware version of your virtual machine improves performance by increasing the
memory limit, the number of processors utilized, and the amount of disk space
available to the virtual machine.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have the
latest version of VMware tools installed.
Procedure
1
Select
Window > Virtual
Machine Library.
2
Select a virtual machine
in the
Virtual
Machine Library window and click
Settings.
3
Under Other in the
Settings window,
click
Compatibility.
4
Under Advanced options,
select a hardware version from the
Use
Hardware Version drop-down menu.
Hardware version 12
enables higher performance of the virtual machine, including improved
accelerated 3D graphics rendering.