I also updated VM to ESXi 5 Build 768111 from build 623860 (Update 01) Marc R. Meshurle, Jr. Senior Engineer/MCP Kato Tech (a division of 911 Computer Concepts Inc.) Exton, PA. 19341 610-280-3566 610-280-7007 (fax) www.katotech.com
Click here for support from Marc Jr -----Original Message----- From: list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org [mailto:list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org] On Behalf Of Marc R. Meshurle Jr. Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 13:54 To: 'pfSense support and discussion' Subject: Re: [pfSense] PF Sense Appliance on VMWARE 5.0 ESX I updated the VM to the latest build and set the kern.timecounter.hardware i8254 and still have a peaked CPU. Any suggestions? Here's my command prompt dump: kern.timecounter.choice: TSC(800) ACPI-fast(1000) HPET(900) i8254(0) dummy(-1000000) kern.timecounter.hardware: i8254 and confirming that the VM tools are running: $ ps ax|grep vmware 30579 ?? S 0:00.00 sh -c ps ax|grep vmware 30761 ?? R 0:00.00 sh -c ps ax|grep vmware 63096 ?? I 0:00.93 /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd -c /usr/local/share/vmware-to Marc R. Meshurle, Jr. Senior Engineer/MCP Kato Tech (a division of 911 Computer Concepts Inc.) Exton, PA. 19341 610-280-3566 610-280-7007 (fax) www.katotech.com Click here for support from Marc Jr -----Original Message----- From: list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org [mailto:list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org] On Behalf Of Peder Rovelstad Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 12:43 To: 'pfSense support and discussion' Subject: Re: [pfSense] PF Sense Appliance on VMWARE 5.0 ESX Try: System: Advanced: System Tunables Name Value kern.timecounter.hardware i8254 -----Original Message----- From: list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org [mailto:list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org] On Behalf Of Marc R. Meshurle Jr. Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:28 AM To: 'pfSense support and discussion' Subject: Re: [pfSense] PF Sense Appliance on VMWARE 5.0 ESX Oops - I had it started in safe mode. Here's the normal startup: kern.timecounter.choice: TSC(800) ACPI-fast(1000) HPET(900) i8254(0) dummy(-1000000) How can I change that? Marc R. Meshurle, Jr. Senior Engineer/MCP Kato Tech (a division of 911 Computer Concepts Inc.) Exton, PA. 19341 610-280-3566 610-280-7007 (fax) www.katotech.com Click here for support from Marc Jr -----Original Message----- From: list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org [mailto:list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org] On Behalf Of Jim Pingle Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 12:15 To: pfSense support and discussion Subject: Re: [pfSense] PF Sense Appliance on VMWARE 5.0 ESX On 8/21/2012 11:34 AM, Marc R. Meshurle Jr. wrote: > What command did you run to change the clock choices? I need to change > the ACPI-fast. > > > > I got this result: > > > > kern.timecounter.choice: TSC(800) PIIX(0) i8254(0) dummy(-1000000) > That's a pretty bare list. How did you setup this VM? What VMware hardware version is it set to? Is ACPI enabled in the VM settings? Jim _______________________________________________ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list _______________________________________________ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list _______________________________________________ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list _______________________________________________ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list _______________________________________________ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
