CentOS vmtoolsd usage 100%
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I installed CentOS 7 on VirtualBox but see the CPU usage at 100% by vmtoolsd. I tried multiple ways to bring it down e.g. by doing "lodctr /R" and removing open-vmware-tool but so far no success. I have Windows Host with 16 GB and allocated 8GB to centos vm.
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I installed CentOS 7 on VirtualBox but see the CPU usage at 100% by vmtoolsd. I tried multiple ways to bring it down e.g. by doing "lodctr /R" and removing open-vmware-tool but so far no success. I have Windows Host with 16 GB and allocated 8GB to centos vm.
centos virtualbox cpu
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I installed CentOS 7 on VirtualBox but see the CPU usage at 100% by vmtoolsd. I tried multiple ways to bring it down e.g. by doing "lodctr /R" and removing open-vmware-tool but so far no success. I have Windows Host with 16 GB and allocated 8GB to centos vm.
centos virtualbox cpu
edited Nov 20 at 22:42
Rui F Ribeiro
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asked May 11 '16 at 18:30
sbstech
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I installed CentOS 7 on VirtualBox but see the CPU usage at 100% by vmtoolsd. I tried multiple ways to bring it down e.g. by doing "lodctr /R" and removing open-vmware-tool but so far no success. I have Windows Host with 16 GB and allocated 8GB to centos vm.
centos virtualbox cpu
centos virtualbox cpu
edited Nov 20 at 22:42
Rui F Ribeiro
38.2k1475125
asked May 11 '16 at 18:30
sbstech
183
edited Nov 20 at 22:42
Rui F Ribeiro
38.2k1475125
asked May 11 '16 at 18:30
sbstech
183
edited Nov 20 at 22:42
Rui F Ribeiro
38.2k1475125
edited Nov 20 at 22:42
Rui F Ribeiro
38.2k1475125
edited Nov 20 at 22:42
Rui F Ribeiro
38.2k1475125
38.2k1475125
asked May 11 '16 at 18:30
sbstech
183
asked May 11 '16 at 18:30
sbstech
183
asked May 11 '16 at 18:30
sbstech
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183
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open-vmware-tool is for running linux under VWMare. As you are using VirtualBox then you don't need it.
If you remove it, then it cannot use the CPU. However, if you simply uninstall it with yum there is the possibility of it still running as it has already loaded.
It might be worth rebooting the guest (CentOS) after you uninstall it, or alternatively kill vmtoolsd with:
$ sudo killall vmtoolsd
or if you don't use sudo on CentOS, as root with:
# killall vmtoolsd
answered May 11 '16 at 19:51
garethTheRed
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What happens if I kill vmtoolsd? I have GNOME installed with VM so does it affect my VM in anyways?
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:10
vmtoolsdis only used if your VM is running on VMWare. Yours isn't as you stated you're running the VM on VirtualBox. If you don't want tokillit, then reboot the VM instead.
– garethTheRed
May 11 '16 at 20:12
Yep, I killed it and now CPU is flying. Thanks a lot, I was a but reluctant in doing it.
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:46
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
votes
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
open-vmware-tool is for running linux under VWMare. As you are using VirtualBox then you don't need it.
If you remove it, then it cannot use the CPU. However, if you simply uninstall it with yum there is the possibility of it still running as it has already loaded.
It might be worth rebooting the guest (CentOS) after you uninstall it, or alternatively kill vmtoolsd with:
$ sudo killall vmtoolsd
or if you don't use sudo on CentOS, as root with:
# killall vmtoolsd
answered May 11 '16 at 19:51
garethTheRed
23.7k36079
What happens if I kill vmtoolsd? I have GNOME installed with VM so does it affect my VM in anyways?
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:10
vmtoolsdis only used if your VM is running on VMWare. Yours isn't as you stated you're running the VM on VirtualBox. If you don't want tokillit, then reboot the VM instead.
– garethTheRed
May 11 '16 at 20:12
Yep, I killed it and now CPU is flying. Thanks a lot, I was a but reluctant in doing it.
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:46
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
open-vmware-tool is for running linux under VWMare. As you are using VirtualBox then you don't need it.
If you remove it, then it cannot use the CPU. However, if you simply uninstall it with yum there is the possibility of it still running as it has already loaded.
It might be worth rebooting the guest (CentOS) after you uninstall it, or alternatively kill vmtoolsd with:
$ sudo killall vmtoolsd
or if you don't use sudo on CentOS, as root with:
# killall vmtoolsd
answered May 11 '16 at 19:51
garethTheRed
23.7k36079
What happens if I kill vmtoolsd? I have GNOME installed with VM so does it affect my VM in anyways?
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:10
vmtoolsdis only used if your VM is running on VMWare. Yours isn't as you stated you're running the VM on VirtualBox. If you don't want tokillit, then reboot the VM instead.
– garethTheRed
May 11 '16 at 20:12
Yep, I killed it and now CPU is flying. Thanks a lot, I was a but reluctant in doing it.
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:46
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
open-vmware-tool is for running linux under VWMare. As you are using VirtualBox then you don't need it.
If you remove it, then it cannot use the CPU. However, if you simply uninstall it with yum there is the possibility of it still running as it has already loaded.
It might be worth rebooting the guest (CentOS) after you uninstall it, or alternatively kill vmtoolsd with:
$ sudo killall vmtoolsd
or if you don't use sudo on CentOS, as root with:
# killall vmtoolsd
answered May 11 '16 at 19:51
garethTheRed
23.7k36079
open-vmware-tool is for running linux under VWMare. As you are using VirtualBox then you don't need it.
If you remove it, then it cannot use the CPU. However, if you simply uninstall it with yum there is the possibility of it still running as it has already loaded.
It might be worth rebooting the guest (CentOS) after you uninstall it, or alternatively kill vmtoolsd with:
$ sudo killall vmtoolsd
or if you don't use sudo on CentOS, as root with:
# killall vmtoolsd
answered May 11 '16 at 19:51
garethTheRed
23.7k36079
answered May 11 '16 at 19:51
garethTheRed
23.7k36079
answered May 11 '16 at 19:51
garethTheRed
23.7k36079
answered May 11 '16 at 19:51
garethTheRed
23.7k36079
23.7k36079
What happens if I kill vmtoolsd? I have GNOME installed with VM so does it affect my VM in anyways?
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:10
vmtoolsdis only used if your VM is running on VMWare. Yours isn't as you stated you're running the VM on VirtualBox. If you don't want tokillit, then reboot the VM instead.
– garethTheRed
May 11 '16 at 20:12
Yep, I killed it and now CPU is flying. Thanks a lot, I was a but reluctant in doing it.
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:46
add a comment |
What happens if I kill vmtoolsd? I have GNOME installed with VM so does it affect my VM in anyways?
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:10
vmtoolsdis only used if your VM is running on VMWare. Yours isn't as you stated you're running the VM on VirtualBox. If you don't want tokillit, then reboot the VM instead.
– garethTheRed
May 11 '16 at 20:12
Yep, I killed it and now CPU is flying. Thanks a lot, I was a but reluctant in doing it.
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:46
What happens if I kill vmtoolsd? I have GNOME installed with VM so does it affect my VM in anyways?
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:10
What happens if I kill vmtoolsd? I have GNOME installed with VM so does it affect my VM in anyways?
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:10
vmtoolsd is only used if your VM is running on VMWare. Yours isn't as you stated you're running the VM on VirtualBox. If you don't want to kill it, then reboot the VM instead.– garethTheRed
May 11 '16 at 20:12
vmtoolsd is only used if your VM is running on VMWare. Yours isn't as you stated you're running the VM on VirtualBox. If you don't want to kill it, then reboot the VM instead.– garethTheRed
May 11 '16 at 20:12
Yep, I killed it and now CPU is flying. Thanks a lot, I was a but reluctant in doing it.
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:46
Yep, I killed it and now CPU is flying. Thanks a lot, I was a but reluctant in doing it.
– sbstech
May 11 '16 at 20:46
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