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ESXi determines automatically where the system swap should be stored, this is the Preferred swap file
location. This decision can be aided by selecting a certain set of options. The system selects the best possible
enabled option. If none of the options are feasible then system swap is not activated.
The available options are:
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Datastore - Allow the use of the datastore specified. Please note that a vSAN datastore or a VVol
datastore cannot be specified for system swap files.
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Host Swap Cache - Allow the use of part of the host swap cache.
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Preferred swap file location - Allow the use of the preferred swap file location configured for the host.
Configure System Swap
You can customize the options that determine the system swap location.
Prerequisites
Select the Enabled check box in the Edit System Swap Settings dialog box.
Procedure
1 Browse to the host in the vSphere Web Client navigator.
2 Click the Manage tab.
3 Click Settings, and click System Swap.
4 Click Edit.
5 Select the check boxes for each option that you want to enable.
6 If you select the datastore option, select a datastore from the drop-down menu.
7 Click OK.
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