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The Size of Memory The VM Was Built With Minus Any Memory Reservation Set For The VM

The .vswp file allows the ESXi host to swap out a virtual machine's memory pages if free memory falls below a threshold. The default size of the .vswp file is equal to the amount of memory allocated to the VM minus any memory reservation. Memory reservations guarantee that physical memory pages are loaded and available to the VM.

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The Size of Memory The VM Was Built With Minus Any Memory Reservation Set For The VM

The .vswp file allows the ESXi host to swap out a virtual machine's memory pages if free memory falls below a threshold. The default size of the .vswp file is equal to the amount of memory allocated to the VM minus any memory reservation. Memory reservations guarantee that physical memory pages are loaded and available to the VM.

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vswp file notes


When a VM starts up the vmkernel creates a .vswp file so
that if free memory on the ESXi host falls below minfree
the vmkernel can free up memory by swapping out a
VMs entire set of allocated memory pages. When the VM
is powered off the .vswp file is removed.
The default size of the .vswp is equal to:
The size of memory the VM was built with
Minus any Memory Reservation set for the VM.
Memory Reservations mean:
1)Physical memory pages loaded into memory by the
VM at VM startup.
2)Physical memory pages guaranteed to the VM as it
runs.
So since the default reservation is 0 the .vswp file is
usually equal to the memory the VM was built with.
If a reservation is set for the VM the .vswp file will equal
the size of memory VM was built with minus the
reservation.

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