I am not running ESX but rather workstation. On 32 bit XP (server or ws) you can use the /3gb switch to give more memory to an app (like vm). On the vm don't over allocate memory. Run it at the bare minimum and try to keep it all in unswappable memory (a VM setting).
The /3gb switch has extensive references. I am running - a very non-busy itsm - but get great performance no matter what operations I do on the Remedy VM - and no matter how heavy I load my box's memory. I've also seen Windows production VMs running on a group of quite big 64bit, 8 cpu machines on MS SQL Server. I really loaded that one (multiple long lived data migration processes from multiple client machines into the server group) and had excellent performance throughout. No users were on the system at the time. Normal users were around 100-200 or so I would guess and I had not heard of any complaints. Cheers Ben -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Walters, Mark Sent: September 18, 2009 4:00 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: VMWare - Who is using successfully? What OS are you running in the VMs? If it's Windows you may be hitting, with a full ITSM system, the 2GB limit for 32 bit Windows. How large is the arserver.exe process once it has started up? By default 32 bit Windows will allow a process to grow to 2GB, if your arserver reaches this then you can expect malloc errors. There is a /3GB switch that can be added to the boot.ini file that will increase the maximum size. Alternatively, and possibly a better solution, would be to use a 64 bit version of Windows in the VMs. This allows, out of the box, a 32 bit process (which all current versions of ARS for Windows are) to use up to 4GB of RAM. You may also want to have a look at why the server is getting so bit - enable Copy-Cache-Logging: T in the ar.cfg and turn on thread logging. This will allow you to see admin changes that are leading to re-caching and any associated memory jumps. Mark Walters The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. My voluntary participation in this forum is not intended to convey a role as a spokesperson, liaison or support representative for BMC Software, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Frank, Gordon M. (CMS/CTR) Sent: 18 September 2009 14:34 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: VMWare - Who is using successfully? Who has successfully implemented ARS 7.1 and ITSM 7.0.3 on a VMWare ESX Server 3.5? We are experiencing malloc and Timeouts in a test environment. Gordon M. Frank Lockheed Martin ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
