My question is, why can't I set the following six settings via PowerCLI or other means (besides just manually writing them to the .vmx file)?
These six settings do not take when set via PowerCLI (although it appears that they are set):
(Why can't these three be set to ensure the corresponding device cannot be added to the VM?)
ideX:Y.present FALSE
parallelX.present FALSE
serialX.present FALSE
(Persistent is the default option for disks, but for some reason isn't listed in the .vmx file. Why can't this setting be present for verification purposes? )
scsiX:Y.mode persistent
(I don't know why these two settings won't take. Anyone have any ideas?)
logging TRUE
tools.syncTime 0
By comparison, the following settings are set just fine via PowerCLI:
isolation.bios.bbs.disable TRUE
isolation.device.connectable.disable TRUE
isolation.device.edit.disable TRUE
isolation.ghi.host.shellAction.disable TRUE
isolation.monitor.control.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.autoInstall.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.copy.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.diskShrink.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.diskWiper.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.dispTopoRequest.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.dnd.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.getCreds.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.ghi.autologon.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.ghi.launchmenu.change TRUE
isolation.tools.ghi.protocolhandler.info.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.ghi.trayicon.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.guestDnDVersionSet.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.hgfsServerSet.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.memSchedFakeSampleStats.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.paste.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.setGUIOptions.enable FALSE
isolation.tools.trashFolderState.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.unity.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.unity.push.update.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.unity.taskbar.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.unity.windowContents.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.unityActive.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.unityInterlockOperation.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.vmxDnDVersionGet.disable TRUE
log.keepOld 10
log.rotateSize 100000
remoteDisplay.maxConnections 1
time.synchronize.continue 0
time.synchronize.restore 0
time.synchronize.resume.disk 0
time.synchronize.resume.host 0
time.synchronize.shrink 0
time.synchronize.tools.enable 0
time.synchronize.tools.startup 0
tools.guestlib.enableHostInfo FALSE
tools.setinfo.sizeLimit 1048576
vmci0.unrestricted FALSE
