Removing Unnecessary Hardware from VMware Workstation VM
Article ID: 315640
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Products
VMware Desktop Hypervisor
Issue/Introduction
You can use virtual machine hardware settings to add, remove, and modify virtual devices for a virtual machine.
To configure hardware settings for a selected virtual machine, select VM > Settings and click the Hardware tab. When you select a device in the left pane, the configuration options for that device appear in the right pane.
To configure hardware settings for a selected virtual machine, select VM > Settings and click the Hardware tab. When you select a device in the left pane, the configuration options for that device appear in the right pane.
Environment
VMware Workstation Pro 16.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation Pro 16.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation Pro 16.x (Linux)
Cause
If there is unused Hardware present in the VM, it might cause heap overflow and it may lead to security issues
Resolution
You can remove certain types of hardware from a virtual machine.
To remove hardware from a selected virtual machine, select VM > Settings, click the Hardware tab, select the device, and click Remove.
You can remove the following types of devices from a virtual machine.
Note: You cannot remove hardware from a virtual machine while it is in suspended.
To remove hardware from a selected virtual machine, select VM > Settings, click the Hardware tab, select the device, and click Remove.
You can remove the following types of devices from a virtual machine.
- Virtual hard disks
- CD-ROM and DVD drives
- Floppy drives
- Virtual network adapters
- USB controllers
- Sound cards
- Camera
- Printers
- Generic SCSI devices
Note: You cannot remove hardware from a virtual machine while it is in suspended.
Additional Information
Impact/Risks:
User would not be able to perform any operations associated to that Virtual device, once it is removed from VM.
User would not be able to perform any operations associated to that Virtual device, once it is removed from VM.
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