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Procedure
1 Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings.
2 Click the VM Options tab and expand Advanced.
3 In the Settings row, select Enable logging and click OK.
You can view and compare log files in the same storage location as the virtual machine configuration files.
Configure Virtual Machine Debugging and Statistics
You can run a virtual machine so that it collects additional debugging information that is helpful to VMware
technical support in resolving issues.
Prerequisites
Power off the virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings.
2 Click the VM Options tab and expand Advanced.
3 Select a debugging and statistics option from the drop-down menu.
n
Run normally
n
Record Debugging Information
n
Record Statistics
n
Record Statistics and Debugging Information
The number of debugging and statistics options available depends on the host software type and
version. On some hosts, some options are not available.
4 Click OK.
Change the Swap File Location
When a virtual machine is powered on, the system creates a VMkernel swap file to serve as a backing store
for the virtual machine's RAM contents. You can accept the default swap file location or save the file to a
different location. By default, the swap file is stored in the same location as the virtual machine's
configuration file.
Procedure
1 Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings.
2 Click the VM Options tab and expand Advanced.
3 Select a swap file location option.
Option Description
Default
Stores the virtual machine swap file at the default location defined by the
host or cluster swap file settings.
Always store with the virtual
machine
Stores the virtual machine swap file in the same folder as the virtual
machine configuration file.
Store in the host's swapfile
datastore
If the host or cluster settings define a location for the swap file, this
location is used. Otherwise, the swap file is stored with the virtual
machine.
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