6.5.1

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.
4 Click OK.
Edit Configuration File Parameters
You can change or add virtual machine configuration parameters when instructed by a VMware technical
support representative, or if you see VMware documentation that instructs you to add or change a
parameter to fix a problem with your system.
Important Changing or adding parameters when a system does not have problems might lead to
decreased system performance and instability.
The following conditions apply:
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To change a parameter, you change the existing value for the keyword/value pair. For example, if you
start with the keyword/value pair, keyword/value, and change it to keyword/value2, the result is
keyword=value2.
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You cannot delete a configuration parameter entry.
Caution You must assign a value to configuration parameter keywords. If you do not assign a value, the
keyword can return a value of 0, false, or disable, which can result in a virtual machine that cannot power
on.
Procedure
1 Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings.
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