As a best practice, always make a backup of the files you are going to edit before you edit. The Virtual Machine VMDK File. When working with virtual machines, ...
I like to use WinSCP to connect to a host, then browse to /vmfs/volumes// I then double click on the .vmdk and it opens in a text editor, when complete save ... found a KB article Converting... · Aloha, Putty to a host that the...
I suggest virt-customize if you prefer the direct approach. It will boot a tiny VM with your disk attached and can do a number of things automatically.