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Can't launch two VMs with less RAM requirements than physically available RAM - why?
On my Windows 10x64 host, equipped with 32 GB RAM and virtual memory disabled, I have two VMs set up with 12 GB RAM alloted to each of them (first is Workstation 15 hardware, the second one is Workstation 16 hardware).
When I try to run both of them, I get the following error message when trying to start the second one:
There should be enough free RAM available:
What's causing this error?
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[VMware]: Workstation 17 Pro; --
[host]: Windows 10x64 host; --
[guests]: Windows 10x64, Windows 8x64.