How to do it…

Perform the following steps to get started:

1. Open up vSphere Web Client.
2. On the home screen, navigate to Hosts and Clusters.
3. Expand the left-hand navigation list.
4. In the VM inventory, right-click on virtual machine, then click on Edit Settings. The Virtual Machine Edit Settings dialog box appears.
5. On the Virtual Hardware tab, expand the CPU section.

1. Change the CPU/MMU Virtualization option under Advanced to one of the following options:

• Automatic
• Software CPU and MMU
• Hardware CPU, Software MMU
• Hardware CPU and MMU

1. Click on OK to save your changes.

1. For the change to take effect, perform one of these actions:

• Power cycle or reset the VM
• Suspend and then resume the VM
  
• vMotion the VM