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  • 1.  Get OS type through UUID

    Posted Nov 11, 2022 05:05 PM

    Not sure if correct location, but I am trying to see if it is possible to get the OS Type through the UUID of a VM. IS that an option?



  • 2.  RE: Get OS type through UUID

    Posted Nov 17, 2022 02:12 PM

    Unfortunately you got the wrong way to UUID. AFAIK, the UUID of a VM can be compared to the hardware serial number of a physical machine and has not connection to the operating system which is residing on it. 

    You may guess that the vmx-file settings where you define the operating system type have something to do while creating the vm with the UUID, but you can change the setting configured in the vmx and the UUID won´t change.