V Center

vCenter service does not start while the server is powered on. You will get "atlesat one service failed to start" error

This is caused because vCenter service tries to start before MS SQL Server starts and tries to connect to database. This can be avoided by editing the registry values for vxpd service.

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vpxd
 edit the "DependsOnService" property
 Add "MSSQL$SQLEXP_VIM" as next line to the existing entries. 
 Also add "SQLSERVERAGENT" line in the next line Reboot the system.

Different place for swap and snapshot

01. Power off the VM
02. Add the following lines to the configuration file (vmx) file of the VM

    sched.swap.dir = "/vmfs/volumes/4d381a18-9b6794d0-df32-0015172a59af/<swap_dir>
    workingDir = "/vmfs/volumes/4d381a18-9b6794d0-df32-0015172a59af/<snapshot_dir>

03. Power on the virtual manhine