Open VM Tools is a version of VMware Tools built for open source use. It also includes various utilities for administration of VMs. Installing VMware Tools will improve performance in your virtualized Ubuntu instance. Otherwise you may have to recompile the kernel. Installing the Ubuntu Server kernel can improve performance as it sets the system clock to 100Hz by default. Once completed and you have logged into the Ubuntu VM, set the HTTP proxy by going to Network settings. Power on the virtual machine, insert the disc or locate the image, and follow through the prompts. To install Ubuntu, obtain a disc or download an ISO of your version of choice. VMware recommends using the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter instead. Linux guest operating systems often have trouble with the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter. These tips may also apply to other Linux distributions on top of VMware hypervisors. Here are our tips for setting up and optimizing performance in a virtualized Ubuntu environment. So you want to jump into virtualization and take the open source route on your guest virtual machine operating system? Several of our customers have recently spun up Ubuntu VMs on top of VMware.
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