Specifications

Administration Guide
150 VMware, Inc.
Increasing the Timeout Value for the vmware-authd Process
As!root,!use!a!text!editor!and!add!the!following!configuration!parameter!to!the!
/etc/vmware/config!file:
vmauthd.connectionSetupTimeout = 120
This!increases!the!timeout!value!to!2!minutes!from!the!default!of!30!seconds.
Increasing Memory for the vmware-serverd Process
As!root,!use!a!text!editor!and!add!the!following!configuration!parameter!to!the!
/etc/vmware/config!file:
vmserverd.limits.memory = “49152”
vmserverd.limits.memhard = “65536”
These!changes!raise!the!soft!memory!limit!for!the!vmware-serverd!process!to!48MB!(48!
multiplied!by!1024)!and!the!hard!memory!limit!to!64MB!(64!multiplied!by!1024).
Running Many Virtual Machines with a Significant CPU Load
To!run!a!large!number!of!virtual!machines!with!applications!that!use!a!significant!
amount!of!CPU,!increase!the!service!console!shares!to!10000.
To increase the service console shares through the VMware Management
Interface
1Log!into!the!VMware!Management!Interface!as!the!root!user.
2Click!the!Options!tab,!and!click!Service!Console!Settings.
The!CPU!page!should!appear.!If!not,!click
!the!CPU!tab.!
3Click!Edit.
4Type!10000!in!the!Shares!field!and!click!OK.
If!the!management!interface!is!unresponsive,!you!need!to!make!these!changes!through!
the!service!console.
N
OTE Increasing!this!value!might!have!an!impact!the!performance!of!the!virtual!machines,!
because!the!Apache!processes!will!require!more!memory!in!the!service!console.
NOTE Restart!the!vmware-serverd!process!by!rebooting!ESX!Server!or!by!logging!in!to!the!
service!console!as!root!and!issuing!the!command:
killall -HUP vmware-serverd