Disabling the HotPlug capability in ESX 4.0 virtual machines
You can can disable the HotPlug capability using vSphere Client or by editing the .vmx file.
Note: You can disable the HotPlug capability for PCI devices such as e1000 or vmxnet2 NICs.
To disable the HotPlug capability using vSphere Client:
1.Connect vSphere Client to ESX or vCenter Server.
2.Power off the virtual machine.
3.Right-click the virtual machine and click Edit Settings.
4.Click the Options tab.
5.Click General > Configuration Parameters > Add Row.
6.Insert a new row with the name devices.hotplug and value false.
7.Power on the virtual machine
To disable the HotPlug capability by editing the .vmx file:
1.Power off the virtual machine.
2.Access the ESX service console using an SSH client.
3.Open the virtual machine configuration file (.vmx) in a text editor. The default location is /vmfs/volumes///.vmx.
4.Add the line:
devices.hotplug = "false"
Note: This setting does not interfere with HotPlug CPU/memory.
5.Save the file.
6.Power on the virtual machine.
Note: You can disable the HotPlug capability for PCI devices such as e1000 or vmxnet2 NICs.
To disable the HotPlug capability using vSphere Client:
1.Connect vSphere Client to ESX or vCenter Server.
2.Power off the virtual machine.
3.Right-click the virtual machine and click Edit Settings.
4.Click the Options tab.
5.Click General > Configuration Parameters > Add Row.
6.Insert a new row with the name devices.hotplug and value false.
7.Power on the virtual machine
To disable the HotPlug capability by editing the .vmx file:
1.Power off the virtual machine.
2.Access the ESX service console using an SSH client.
3.Open the virtual machine configuration file (.vmx) in a text editor. The default location is /vmfs/volumes/
4.Add the line:
devices.hotplug = "false"
Note: This setting does not interfere with HotPlug CPU/memory.
5.Save the file.
6.Power on the virtual machine.
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