Is it possible to run the Virtual Image Exception tool on an existing VM

Article https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH172... talks about using the VIE tool on the base line image, before creating virtual machines from these images. However we have a VDI environment that is actively used by users that is facing serious performance issues and we would like to find out if its possible to use this VIE tool on each individual virtual machine. We are willing to take some downtime where a user will not be able to use their virtual machine.

Can we run the VIE tool on an existing virtual machine that has been previously created from a image.

Virtual machines are Win 7 machines.

Thanks

Aspi Engineer