Intel® VTune™ Profiler User Guide

User Guide

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Profile Targets on a VMware* Guest System

Configure the
Intel® VTune™
Profiler
 to analyze performance on a VMware* guest system.
VMware users can use the
VTune
Profiler
 to analyze a Windows* or Linux* virtual guest system.
VTune
Profiler
 is installed and run on the guest system. Additional information about installing
VTune
Profiler
 is available from the installation guides. Refer to the installation guide for the guest system operating system (Windows or Linux).
Use the following steps to enable event-based sampling analysis on the VMware virtual machine. Refer to the VMware documentation for the most up-to-date information.
  1. From the host system, open the configuration settings for the virtual machine.
  2. Select the
    Processors
     device on the left.
  3. Select the
    Virtualize CPU performance counters
     checkbox.
  4. Click
    Save
     to apply the change.

Product and Performance Information

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Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex.