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Hosts with Different Hardware
If you move a virtual machine to a host with significant hardware differences, the guest operating system may no longer work correctly.
Moving Between 64-bit and 32-bit Hosts
Moving a virtual machine from a 64-bit host to a 32-bit host can require that you recompile the kernel in your Linux guest operating system.
Moving from a Multiprocessor Host to a Uniprocessor Host
If you move a virtual machine created in VMware ESX Server on a multiprocessor host to a uniprocessor host, the guest operating system consumes 100% of the host CPU load, even when the guest operating system is essentially idle. To prevent this, change the setting for numvcpus from 2 to 1 in the virtual machine configuration .vmx file.
Virtual Machines Use Relative Paths
The path names for all files associated with a VMware Workstation 5 virtual machine are relative, meaning the path to each file is relative to the currently active directory. For example, if you are in the virtual machine's directory, the relative path to the virtual disk file is <machine name>.vmdk.