In Virtual Machine Manager, a hardware profile is a library resource containing hardware specifications that can be applied to a new virtual machine or a virtual machine template. A hardware profile can contain specifications for CPU, memory, network adapters, a DVD drive, a floppy drive, COM ports, and the priority given the virtual machine when allocating resources on a virtual machine host.
You can create hardware profiles that import a standard hardware configuration into a template or a virtual machine. The options are the same whether you update the hardware configuration of a virtual machine, a hardware profile, or a template.
Supported hardware configurations: Hyper-V, Virtual Server, and VMware
Hardware profiles
Actions
| Action | Location |
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Create a virtual machine |
New virtual machine (from any view) |
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Create a hardware profile |
New hardware profile (from Library View) |
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Create a template |
New template (from Library View) |
See Also
For the most up-to-date Help information, go to the Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Help Online. To find additional Virtual Machine Manager 2008 documentation, go to the Virtual Machine Manager 2008 TechCenter Library.