The only place I can find that option is inside the vmx file: sched.swap.hostLocal = "disabled" .
These two lines are present in my current vmx:
sched.swap.hostLocal = "disabled"
sched.swap.derivedName = "/vmfs/volumes/5ee29462-20daed4c-b5f8-48df37d688a4/vmswp/DUMMY/DUMMY - Firewall-4ba521df.vswp"
If I power on the VM, it tosses those out & keeps the swap files with the VM. I don't get what I'm doing wrong.