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Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, right-click the cluster in the inventory and select Edit Settings.
2 In the left pane of the cluster Settings dialog box, click Swapfile Location.
3 Select the Store the swapfile in the datastore specified by the host option and click OK.
4 In the vSphere Client inventory, select one of the hosts in the cluster and click the Configuration tab.
5 Under Software, select Virtual Machine Swapfile Location.
6 Select the local datastore to use and click OK.
7 Repeat Step 4 through Step 6 for each host in the cluster.
Host-local swap is now enabled for the DRS cluster.
Enable Host-Local Swap for a Standalone Host
Host-local swap allows you to specify a datastore stored locally on the host as the swap file location. You
can enable host-local swap for a standalone host.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select the host in the inventory.
2 Click the Configuration.
3 Under Software, select Virtual Machine Swapfile Location. and click Edit.
4 Select Store the swapfile in the swapfile datastore.
5 Select a local datastore from the list and click OK.
Host-local swap is now enabled for the standalone host.
Configure Virtual Machine Swapfile Properties for the Host
Configure a swapfile location for the host to determine the default location for virtual machine swapfiles.
By default, swapfiles for a virtual machine are located on a VMFS3 datastore in the folder that contains the
other virtual machine files. However, you can configure your host to place virtual machine swapfiles on an
alternative datastore.
You can use this option to place virtual machine swapfiles on lower-cost or higher-performance storage.
You can also override this host-level setting for individual virtual machines.
Setting an alternative swapfile location might cause migrations with vMotion to complete more slowly. For
best vMotion performance, store virtual machine swapfiles in the same directory as the virtual machine.
If vCenter Server manages your host, you cannot change the swapfile location if you connect directly to the
host by using the vSphere Client. You must connect the vSphere Client to the vCenter Server system.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Required privilege: Host machine.Configuration.Storage partition configuration
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select the host in the inventory.
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