Ability to add notes to a VM

[dalupus]

In VMWare Fusion there is the ability to add notes to a VM which I find especially useful to record things like passwords and such.

I have been unable to find any such feature.

[a_p_]

In VMware Workstation you can add such information in the GUI's "Description" files.

André

[wakatana]

Where exactly is this option? Thanks

[a_p_]

Select the VM in the Library (in the left pane), and you will find the Description field below the VM's virtual hardware settings.

André

[WilliamTotman]

The Description field you are referring to does not exist in Workstation 15 Pro.

[continuum]

You can use the annotation parameter in the vmx-file.

annotation = "this VM behaves like a hamster and needs to be feeded three times a day"

Dont use line breaks as they will make the vmx-file invalid.

[wila]

Then something is broken in your VMware Workstation.

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Wil

[wila]

No need to edit a .vmx file by hand for that. It's still in the user interface.

Btw, if you do edit by hand and want to add a new line, then use |0D|0A to put the new line.

It's encoded as otherwise the name/value pair syntax on each line in the .vmx file won't work.

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Wil