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I have a Windows Server 2012 VM on an ESXi 5.1 host. The virtual disk for the VM's C drive is on an SSD. I attempted to optimize the drive using Windows Explorer, Properties, Tools, Optimize and Defragment Device. When I try to analyze or optimize, I see the &quot;Optimization is not available&quot; message and the buttons are disabled. &nbsp;Another non-SSD disk can be optimized.<br />
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Can SSD drives be defragged or do I need to change something?
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I have a Windows Server 2012 VM on an ESXi 5.1 host. The virtual disk for the VM's C drive is on an SSD. I attempted to optimize the drive using Windows Explorer, Properties, Tools, Optimize and Defragment Device. When I try to analyze or optimize, I see the "Optimization is not available" message and the buttons are disabled.  Another non-SSD disk can be optimized.

Can SSD drives be defragged or do I need to change something?

ESXi 5.1, Windows 2012 VM, SSD, get Optimization not available

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.