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Chapter 3 Using the VMware Management Interface
3Raise!the!vmware‐serverd!process!priority!to!‐15!so!that!it!can!connect!to!all!
running!virtual!machines:
renice -15 -p <vmware-serverd_process_ID>
4Raise!the!httpd!process!priority!to!‐15:
renice -15 -p <httpd_process_ID>
5Verify!that!you!can!log!into!the!VMware!Management!Interface!and!view!correct!
information!about!the!virtual!machines,!and!continue!with!the!next!step.!
6 Change!the!vmware-serverd!process!priority!back!to!the!default!of!zero!(0).
renice 0 -p <vmware-serverd_process_ID>
7 Change!the!httpd!process!priority!back!to!the!default!of!zero!(0).
renice 0 -p <httpd_process_ID>
Changing Default Parameters in the config File
You!can!change!default!parameters!for!the!Apache!process,!the!vmware‐authd!process,!
the!vmware‐serverd!process,!and!for!the!cpu!resources!available!to!the!Service!Console!
in!the!/etc/vmware/config!file.
Increasing Memory to the Apache Process
By!default,!Apache!allocates!a!shared!memory!segment!of!24MB!to!contain!all!the!
virtual!machines’!data.!This!value!of!24MB!is!sufficient!for!80!virtual!machines.!If!you!
have!more!than!80!(up!to!the!maximum!of!200)!registered!virtual!machines,!Apache!
might!run!out!of!memory.!You!might!see
!a!“Panic!out!of!memory”!message!in!
/usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/logs/error_log!and!the!VMware!Management!
Interface!shuts!down.
To increase memory to the Apache Process
1Use!a!text!editor!and!add!the!following!option!to!/etc/vmware/config:
mui.vmdb.shmSize = “37748736”
where!37748736!represents!36MB!(36!multiplied!by!1024,!multiplied!by!1024).!
2Restart!the!Apache!server:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd.vmware restart
NOTE If!you!decrease!the!number!of!registered!or!running!virtual!machines!to!less!than!60,!
comment!out!the!new!lines!you!added!or!delete!them!from!/etc/vmware/config.