Maximize VMWare images performance

gistfile1.txt

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"

* sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE", by disabling memory sharing your guests will not share common memory blocks. Your VMware product will also stop comparing memory blocks
* mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE", doesn't use named-file - use for VMs on USB-disks or other slow disks. On Windows: useNamedFile= "FALSE" causes memory to be backed by the host's swap space.
* prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100", fit memory into RAM. Whenever possible, avoid settings lower 100%. 
* MemTrimRate = "0" , by disabling MemTrimRate, memory allocation inside the guest is faster because it doesn't take and give memory to the host os upon all requests.
* prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE" , this tells VMWare whether to use a fixed sized memory chunk or balloon and shrink memory as needed.
* mainMem.partialLazySave = "FALSE" , do not take snapshots in background
* mainMem.partialLazyRestore = "FALSE" , do not restore snapshots in background
* priority.grabbed = "high" , sets the priority for the VM in grabbed state
* priority.ungrabbed = "normal" , sets the priority for the VM in ungrabbed state.

I believe your explanation for prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE" is misleading or inaccurate. Granted, I am trying to change VMware workstation preferences, not individual .vmx files.
I was trying to change to the setting below. (It required editing the /etc/vmware/config file or launching vmware via sudo -i vmware command to change preferences; but that's another issue.)

The center radio button was the setting that WAS selected:

Allow some virtual machine memory to be swapped

It was slowing down my VMs and couldn't disable it via Edit -> Preferences, so I had to edit the config.
So.. to the point:
"Fit all virtual machine memory into reserved host RAM" == prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE"
"Allow some virtual machine memory to be swapped" == prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "FALSE"

Hi, I made a vmx automatically editor for you

https://github.com/mhtvsSFrpHdE/vmware-vmx-editor