How to disable NMI watchdog?

Subhas Sing subhas_sing at live.com
Sat Jan 5 02:59:14 UTC 2013


Thanks Reindl for quick reply. Actually we have of lot of instance already running with it in Microsoft Server as host OS. We are planing to move 64 bit feroda server.

Thanks,
Subhas

Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 03:19:19 +0100
From: h.reindl at thelounge.net
To: users at lists.fedoraproject.org
Subject: Re: How to disable NMI watchdog? 
 
Am 05.01.2013 03:17, schrieb Reindl Harald:
> 
> 
> Am 05.01.2013 01:24, schrieb Subhas Sing:
>> Hello, I am trying to install vmware server in Fedora 16. I tried to disable NMI watchdog kernel parameter. Can
>> anybody please let me know how do it ? I followed following procedure but without success!!
>>
>>   $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
>> If you get a '1', then the feature is enabled  and must be turned off or VMs will mysteriously crash. To turn off 
>> nmi_watchdog is different for Fedora 15 and Fedora 16:
>>
>>   * [5] Fedora 15: Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and add “nmi_watchdog=0” to the kernel line.
>>   * [5] Fedora 16: Edit /etc/default/grub and add “nmi_watchdog=0” to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX. Then run:
>>
>>
>>     # grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg”
>>     to rebuild the grub configuration.
>>
>> Now, reboot the system and check the /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog parameter again to make sure you see a '0'.
>>
>> http://communities.vmware.com/message/1891427 
> 
> you have quoted the answer to your question
> what is your problem?
 
however DO NOT INSTALL VMware Server
VMware Server is EOL and not updated since THREE YEARS
 
you can stick with VMware Player if it must be free
or buy VMware Workstation which is not really expensive
 

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