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# Put these in your VM VMX file
mainmem.backing = "swap" # Disable swap
MemTrimRate = "0" # Disable returning unused memory
sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE" # Disable page sharing
prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE" # Force memory to be pre-allocated on host
scsi0.virtualDev = "pvscsi" # Fasted disk i/o subsystem (requires driver off pvscsi.flp floppy disk image)
scsi0:0.virtualSSD = 1 # If running off an SSD
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
ulm.disableMitigations="TRUE" # Disable side-channel mitigations
ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3" # Use paravirtualized network adapter

dmaasland

Insert the following code into the *.VMX file:

	sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE"
	mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"
	prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100"
	prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE"
	mainMem.partialLazySave = "FALSE"
	mainMem.partialLazyRestore = "FALSE"
	priority.grabbed = "high"
	priority.ungrabbed = "normal"

dmaasland

$Source = @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace ProcDump {
    public static class DbgHelp {
        [DllImport("Dbghelp.dll")]
        public static extern bool MiniDumpWriteDump(IntPtr hProcess, uint ProcessId, IntPtr hFile, IntPtr DumpType, IntPtr ExceptionParam, IntPtr UserStreamParam, IntPtr CallbackParam);
    }
}