Optimizing virtual machines on VMWare Server

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Submitted by: alex

Date: 2008-09-06 00:00:00

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Modify the .vmx file to include these settings.

MemTrimRate = "0"
sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"

Within the virtual machine, consider using these kernel option in /boot/grub/menu.lst

noapic nolapic apci=off clocksource=acpi_pm elevator=noop

Modify the .vmx file to include these settings.

MemTrimRate = "0"
sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"

Feb 16th 2009, by Guest
does vmware need restarting to take new changes??

Mar 15th 2009, by alex
You don't need to restart the VMware host or it's services.
Just the corresponding VM.
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