I am wondering if anyone using a 16 vCPU VM actually is getting big advanced WUs? The documentation says that the minimum is 24 cores.

https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/installation-guides/configuration-guide/#big-advanced

BigAdv units were discontinued back in 2015: https://foldingathome.org/2015/01/31/big-adv-program-ends-january-31/
Many of the current WUs will still take advantage of 16 or more cores, but BigAdv itself is dead.

I wonder if the "Automatic detection of CPU >= 16 and configuration of "bigadv" in config.xml" is really necessary then

Will! It's a small work - nice to see you making an impact and fighting the good fight here. Keep up the good work!

Thank you for the update! to v1.0.2 is their away other than to redeply the OVA?

You'll need to re-deploy

Hi, is there a way to configure FAHControl appl on my mac to monitor/control the VM? Does it use the default 36330 port or something else? FAHC just says "connecting".

Yes, please see the documentation

Doc says should work. And only tip is to check the port. I can nc to port 36330. When I deployed the OVA i specified the password and IP ranges for management but not working. I even tried the default VMware1! password.