VMware Fusion - Mac serial and hardware

[dvbgaj]

I have a virtual mac in vmware fusion, but need the serial and hardware to be authentic so it matches a real mac as Fusion create some random text in hardware and serial that does not match in real world

I have googled a lot and some say that I need to edit the .vmx file and and serialnumber = "random" and hw.model = "Macbookpro8.1" for example - but it does not work and nothing is changed

So how can this be fixed as without these correct entries I can not use the VM  for the testing I want

[bluefirestorm]

Add the line

smbios.reflectHost = "TRUE"

and the model and serial number will be that of the Mac hardware host in the System Report.

I do not know how will Apple/macOS treat this with the Apple ID that is associated with the host and macOS VM. AFAIK, Apple limits 5 macOS devices per associated Apple ID account. I don't know if it will treat the host and virtual Mac as separate or the same.