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On Windows 7 virtual machines, this file can be 10GB.
CAUTION
When you make hibernation unavailable, the hybrid sleep setting does not work. Users can lose data
if the hybrid sleep setting is turned on and a power loss occurs.
Prerequisites
Familiarize yourself with the Windows hibernation feature. See the Microsoft Support Web site. For
information
about disabling hibernation on Windows 7 or Windows Vista, see the Microsoft Support Web site
and search for how to disable and re-enable hibernation on a computer that is running Windows.
Procedure
1 In vSphere Client, select the parent virtual machine and select Open Console.
2 Log in to the Windows guest operating system as an administrator.
3 Disable the hibernation option.
Operating System
Action
Windows 7 or Windows Vista
a Click Start and type cmd in the Start Search box.
b In
the search results list, right-click Command Prompt and click Run as
Administrator.
c At the User Account Control prompt, click Continue.
d At the command prompt, type powercfg.exe /hibernate off and
press Enter.
e Type exit and press Enter.
Windows XP
a Click Start > Run.
b
Type cmd and click OK.
c At the command prompt, type powercfg.exe /hibernate off and
press Enter.
d Type exit and press Enter.
4
Log out of the guest operating system.
When you create linked clone desktops from the parent virtual machine, the Hiberfil.sys file is not created
on the linked-clone OS disks.
Configure a Parent Virtual Machine to Use Local Storage
When you prepare a parent virtual machine for View Composer, you can configure the parent virtual machine
and linked-clone desktops to store virtual-machine swap files on the local datastore. This optional strategy lets
you take advantage of local storage.
In this procedure, you configure local storage for the virtual-machine swap files, not the paging and temp files
in the guest OS. When you create a linked-clone pool, you also can redirect guest OS paging and temp files to
a separate disk. See “Worksheet for Creating a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool,” on page 73.
Prerequisites
Prepare the parent virtual machine to meet the requirements of the View Composer service. See “Prepare a
Parent Virtual Machine,” on page 63.
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