Disable Copy and Paste between Guest OS and Remote Console
Allowing data to be copied between your Guest VM’s and your Host OS could create a potential security risk in allowing sensistive data to leak from VM’s and be taken outside of your organisation. If you are creating Virtual Machine infrastructures in DMZ networks then this is particularly relevant.
To enable this feature login to your ESX Host or VC and select the particular VM you wish to change then complete the following steps: (you may need to power down the VM when making this change)
1. Login to the VC or ESX Host using the VI client
2. Select the specific VM you want to change the setting for
3. Edit the Machine settings
4. Select options then advanced
5. Then select general and then click the button configuration parameters
6. Enter the entity information and value as specified below:
isolation.tools.copy.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.paste.disable TRUE
isolation.tools.setGUIOptions.enable FALSE
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