When is vm swap file created? Sample test question.

[maleitch]

Have multiple vmware docs which state that it takes place when vm powers on:

sched.swap.persist Specifies whether the virtual machine’s swap files

should persist or be deleted when the virtual machine

is powered off. By default, the system creates the swap

file for a virtual machine when the virtual machine is

powered on, and deletes the swap file when the virtual

machine is powered off.

The host creates VMX swap files automatically, provided there is sufficient free disk space at the time a virtual machine is powered on.

So this is what I answered on the vmware provided test and it was labeled as incorrect, but it did not give an explanation.  So when is it created exactly?

Thanks

[JoshuaAndrewsVM]

Where was the sample test question found?

If you are talking about the one on the Practice Exam available at vmware.com then you are not reading the question carefully.

[maleitch]

That is the one.  I will try to get it again and see what I am missing.  This does not bode well for me.

Geez...ok...I see what I did.  Page file.

[JoshuaAndrewsVM · Accepted solution]

"When is the page file for a Windows guest operating system or the swap partition for a Linux guest operating system created?"