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Microsoft Windows Tuning Tips

Use Perfmon to profile the Windows application and identify its key resource, then:

Isolate or limit sharing to each VM's key resource.

Save perfmon-tuned, gold images for cloning. For example:

Install Windows, Windows service packs and patches, VMware Tools, anti-virus, management agents, backup agent, application, application service packs, and patches. Save this pre-tuned golden master.

Do performance profiling with perfmon to determine the optimal, tuned golden master to save for cloning. Although you may want to retain images at several installation points for future use as golden masters, note that performance tuning is after the full installation, including application.

Windows Terminal Service (WTS) performance is greatly improved by setting the workload attribute to "Terminal Services". This option can be enabled in the MUI when creating the virtual machine, or by adding the following line in the configuration file of the virtual machine:

workload = "TerminalServices"

Similarly, Citrix MetaFrame XP performs better by installing hotfix XE102W014 in the guest Windows OS.

Microsoft Windows 2003 Tuning Tips

Dell recommends that you do all performance tuning experiments prior to activating your license for Windows 2003 operating system.

Microsoft Windows 2000 Tuning Tips

After installing VMware Tools, you need to change your Windows 2000 screen area to be greater than 640x480 pixels; if you do not change it, Windows 2000 uses the standard VGA driver, degrading performance.

Use the VMware SCSI driver, supplied within VMware Tools, instead of Microsoft's Buslogic driver.

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Contents Deployment Guide Page Deployment Guide August Contents Figures Introduction W . d e l l . c o m s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o m Understanding Dell Configurations RAIDGB RAM Deployment Guide VirtualCenter Configuration with SAN for VMotion Understanding ESX Server Components Understanding VirtualCenter ComponentsDeployment Guide Before Installation Recommended Local Disk Partitioning Service Console Configuration SAN Environment Setup with ESX Server Software After InstallationLoad balancing OpenManage Software Overview Setting Up Manual Load BalancingDell OpenManage in a VMware ESX Server Environment Example of a Management Station and Managed Systems Using the Dell Remote Access Card III Drac III on PE Guest OS Installation Guest Operating SystemsGuest OS Performance Tuning Tips Identify the limited resource by application type Workload = TerminalServices Additional Resources Product Documentation ResourcesTechnical Support Resources Newsgroups Index D e ESX Server software installation D e