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    <title>topic Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location in VMware vSphere™ Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;That setting only changes the Host swap location, not the VM swap location it seems.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 22:36:17 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>billz0r</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2021-01-18T22:36:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310731#M32734</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Author : &lt;A _jive_internal="true" href="https://communities.vmware.com/people/mimartin"&gt;mimartin&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;URL : &lt;A href="http:////docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-B55F4F6B-44E6-46DE-B8FF-75950020A181.html"&gt;http:////docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-B55F4F6B-44E6-46DE-B8FF-75950020A181.html&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Topic Name : Using Swap Files&lt;/P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;P&gt;Publication Name : vSphere Resource Management&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Product/Version : VMware vSphere/6.7&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Question :&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I cannot get ESXi 6.7u2 to honor moving virtual machine swap files. No matter what system setting I use, the swap files stay with the virtual machine. If I edit the virtual machine vmx file, ESXi overwrites my changes even after re-registering the VM. Is this a bug?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:15:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310731#M32734</guid>
      <dc:creator>PcPixel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T11:15:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310732#M32735</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hey &lt;B&gt;PcPixel&lt;/B&gt;​,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Have you first configured the Swap File location at Cluster level?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:14:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310732#M32735</guid>
      <dc:creator>Lalegre</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T12:14:06Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310733#M32736</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="VMWareTemp.png"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24189iDAC26B81B78FB5A3/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="VMWareTemp.png" alt="VMWareTemp.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Yes, I believe I did. This is a stand alone ESXi install, not part of a cluster. If I look at the that data store, I can see a vswp file for the host in the root of the data store.&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="VMwareSwapFile.png"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24190i1382500B2DADB12D/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="VMwareSwapFile.png" alt="VMwareSwapFile.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:17:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310733#M32736</guid>
      <dc:creator>PcPixel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T12:17:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310734#M32737</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;That configuration you are following are for the ESXi System Swap file NOT for the VM Swap File. For configuring it you should follow the next procedure: &lt;A href="https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-12B8E0FB-CD43-4972-AC2C-4B4E2955A5DA.html" title="https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-12B8E0FB-CD43-4972-AC2C-4B4E2955A5DA.html"&gt;Configure Virtual Machine Swapfile Properties for the Host&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310734#M32737</guid>
      <dc:creator>Lalegre</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T12:28:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310735#M32738</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Correct. that is for the VM host. However, if I do follow those instructions you posted, ESXi completely ignores them. No matter how I configure those options, the swap files for the VM's stay with the VM's. If I manually edit the VMX file to specifically place the swap file where I want it, ESXi just overwrites the setting. I deregister and regestister the VM before making that change.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:31:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310735#M32738</guid>
      <dc:creator>PcPixel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T12:31:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310736#M32739</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="VM-swapoptions.png"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24191iA8D743AA516B6AA5/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="VM-swapoptions.png" alt="VM-swapoptions.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If I use the first option, the swap file stays with the VM. If I use the second one, it stays with the VM (which makes sense at least). If I use the third option, it still stays with the VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="vm-specificlocation.png"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24195i1AAB86A3140A05AB/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="vm-specificlocation.png" alt="vm-specificlocation.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regardless of which of the 3 above I pick, no matter what I set this parameter to, ESXi tosses it out &amp;amp; overwrites it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:35:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310736#M32739</guid>
      <dc:creator>PcPixel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T12:35:06Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310737#M32740</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Could be possible that you have another configuration here: &lt;A href="https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-686EFCD5-3EBA-4EFE-9D90-F45635140DBE.html" title="https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-686EFCD5-3EBA-4EFE-9D90-F45635140DBE.html"&gt;Enable Host-Local Swap for a Standalone Host&lt;/A&gt; ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:36:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310737#M32740</guid>
      <dc:creator>Lalegre</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T12:36:06Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310738#M32741</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm not sure. I can only use the web vSphere client so the instructions don't totally match up. I'll see&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:44:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310738#M32741</guid>
      <dc:creator>PcPixel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T12:44:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310739#M32742</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;It should match because is the same client adn version as that procedure is for Standalone host.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:45:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310739#M32742</guid>
      <dc:creator>Lalegre</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T12:45:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310740#M32743</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;The only place I can find that option is inside the vmx file: sched.swap.hostLocal = "disabled" .&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;These two lines are present in my current vmx:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;sched.swap.hostLocal = "disabled"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;sched.swap.derivedName = "/vmfs/volumes/5ee29462-20daed4c-b5f8-48df37d688a4/vmswp/DUMMY/DUMMY - Firewall-4ba521df.vswp"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If I power on the VM, it tosses those out &amp;amp; keeps the swap files with the VM. I don't get what I'm doing wrong.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:53:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310740#M32743</guid>
      <dc:creator>PcPixel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T12:53:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310741#M32744</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. Browse to host:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="1-browsetohost.png"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24196i390D3555AA5CF5F8/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="1-browsetohost.png" alt="1-browsetohost.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This ESXi install it not part of a cluster at all. It's completely stand alone. I can only access it via the web client or by directly editing vmx files.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:57:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310741#M32744</guid>
      <dc:creator>PcPixel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T12:57:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310742#M32745</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Mmm that is strange, what if you do the next:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;1. Unregister the VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;2. Download the .vmx and add the following line:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;3. Create a directory for Swap files under the datastore.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;4. Add the next line into the .vmx: &lt;CODE style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: monospace, monospace; color: #c7254e; background-color: #f9f2f4;"&gt;sched.swap.dir = /vmfs/volumes/&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #666666; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: monospace; font-size: inherit !important;"&gt;&lt;EM style="font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;datastore_name&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #666666; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: monospace; font-size: inherit !important;"&gt;/&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #666666; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: monospace; font-size: inherit !important;"&gt;&lt;EM style="font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;dir_name&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;5. Upload the VMX, register and Power-On the VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;However this is to confirm that it works is not a definitive solution as this is per VM config.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:06:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310742#M32745</guid>
      <dc:creator>Lalegre</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T13:06:03Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;What should I add in your step 2?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:09:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>PcPixel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T13:09:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Haha my bad, follow this:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;1. Unregister the VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;2. Download the .vmx.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;3. Create a directory for Swap files under the datastore you want.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;4. Add the next line into the .vmx downloaded in Step 2: &lt;CODE style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: monospace, monospace; color: #c7254e; background-color: #f9f2f4;"&gt;sched.swap.dir = /vmfs/volumes/&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: monospace; font-size: inherit !important;"&gt;&lt;EM style="font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;datastore_name&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: monospace; font-size: inherit !important;"&gt;/&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: monospace; font-size: inherit !important;"&gt;&lt;EM style="font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;dir_name&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"&gt;5. Upload the VMX, register and Power-On the VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:23:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Lalegre</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T13:23:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310745#M32748</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;VM set to "keep swap file with VM". Downloaded the VMX. Changed sched.swap.derivedName to sched.swap.dir="/vmfs/volumes/5ee29462-20daed4c-b5f8-48df37d688a4/vmswp/DUMMY/DUMMY - Firewall-4ba521df.vswp". Uploaded file &amp;amp; verified line exists. Verified folder structure exists are well. I get "Failed to power on vbirtual machine - Module "MonitorLoop" power on failed."&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Unable to create a swap file. The value of 'sched.swap.dir' specified in the VM's configuration file is invalid.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is the data store I'm trying to use:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="VMware-storageUUID.png"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24197i74832F804816BA09/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="VMware-storageUUID.png" alt="VMware-storageUUID.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This the current data store layout:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="VMware-tempdatastore.png"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24204i6C99B2A7FFC3999F/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="VMware-tempdatastore.png" alt="VMware-tempdatastore.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:59:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310745#M32748</guid>
      <dc:creator>PcPixel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T13:59:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310746#M32749</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;This happens if the path you are specifying is wrong.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #666666; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Try to create a directory under the root directory called swap-files and change to this:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #666666; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;sched.swap.dir= /vmfs/volumes/&lt;STRONG&gt;5ee29462-20daed4c-b5f8-48df37d688a4&lt;/STRONG&gt;/swap-files &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:04:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310746#M32749</guid>
      <dc:creator>Lalegre</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T14:04:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310747#M32750</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Set to: sched.swap.dir="/vmfs/volumes/5ee29462-20daed4c-b5f8-48df37d688a4/swap-files/DUMMY - Firewall-4ba521df.vswp". I got the same error.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="VMWareswap-new.png"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24205iF0512BB1C27F01E8/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="VMWareswap-new.png" alt="VMWareswap-new.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;using sched.swap.derivedName doesn't work either. Puts the swap file in the VM host directory.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:46:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310747#M32750</guid>
      <dc:creator>PcPixel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T14:46:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310748#M32751</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I also tried stopping the path at "swap-file" and it still failed as well.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:48:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310748#M32751</guid>
      <dc:creator>PcPixel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-29T14:48:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310749#M32752</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hey,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;But wait, are you specifying the .swp file inside the path? If yes, do not do that, just the datastore and the folder name. Also please try to specify the Datastore name instead of the ID.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:45:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310749#M32752</guid>
      <dc:creator>Lalegre</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-30T14:45:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXI 6.7U2 ignores virtual machine swap location</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310750#M32753</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Yes, I'd been including the .swp filename as well. I was trying to keep the file consistent. I can try again with just the path. So for the datastore name, it should be [DATASTORE_NAME]/[PATH] versus /vmfs/volumes/[VOLUMEID]/[PATH], correct?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 15:08:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/ESXI-6-7U2-ignores-virtual-machine-swap-location/m-p/2310750#M32753</guid>
      <dc:creator>PcPixel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-11-02T15:08:31Z</dc:date>
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