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how to enable profiler in a windows guest vm

  • 1.  how to enable profiler in a windows guest vm

    Posted Dec 04, 2024 10:21 AM
    Edited by Jason McClellan Dec 06, 2024 09:28 AM

    When I try to use a profiler such as Intel vtune, on any windows guest vm, it reboots, I have enabled hardware counters on that vm, what should be enabled in order to use a profiler ?

    it used to work perfectly well until some years ago, what has changed ?

    Profile Targets on a VMware* Guest System

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    Profile Targets on a VMware* Guest System
    Configure the Intel® VTune™ Profiler to analyze performance on a VMware* guest system.
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    could it be to do with this on vcenter :

    virtualized performance counters are not supported within an EVC cluster

    could it be it has been disabled on virtual hardware version > 15 

    and only on some windows guests like windows 2016