1. Power off the VM

  2. Go to Summary, right click and select“Browse Datastore”

  3. Click into “<VM name>” folder

  4. Highlight “<VM Name>”
    Click “Download a file from this datastore to your local machine”
    Browse to the destination folder and click OK
    Click Yes for any warning

  5. Browse to the destination folder andmake a copy of the .vmx file, name it “<VM Name>-copy.vmx”

  6. Click open “<VM Name>.vmx” withNotepad

  7. Scroll to the end of file and manually type the following

sound.present = "true"

sound.virtualDev =  "hdaudio"

sound.fileName = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "true"

sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"



  1. Save the file and go back to theDatastore Browser. Click “Upload files to this datastore” > “Upload File…”
    Browse and select the modified “<VM Name>.vmx”.
    Click Yes for any warnings.

     

    Health check procedures:

  2.  Power on the VM and check if “HD audio” isadded to the VM hardware

  3. Login the VM andcheck for the speaker icon in the system tray

     

    Rollback procedures:

  4. Logon     vSphere Client console with operator account     

  5. Power     off the VM          

  6. Go     to Summary, right click and select “Browse Datastore”           

  7. Click     into “<VM Name>”     folder 

  8. Browse     to the destination folder, rename “<VM     Name>-copy.vmx” back to “<VM     Name>.vmx”              

  9. Go     back to the Datastore Browser. Click “Upload files to this datastore” >     “Upload File…”

  10. Browse     and select “<VM Name>.vmx”.

  11. Click     Yes for any warnings.          

  12. Power     on the VM and check if “HD audio” is removed from to the VM hardware