esxi 5.1 - copy paste host config doesn't work?

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Published on 2013-01-07T00:29:34Z Indexed on 2013/06/25 4:24 UTC
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I followed these instructions for esxi 5.1 to enable copy paste from the host config. (search for "To enable this option for all the virtual machines in the ESX/ESXi host:") http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1026437

But copy and paste doesn't work for new VMs or existing VMs.

Did I do something wrong somewhere?

I've rebooted VMs and even rebooted host. I can confirm that if I do a per VM configuration, it works. Just not a central host config.

Here is a screenshot of my /etc/vmware/config file

config screenshot

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