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ocr14a
October 14th, 2008, 11:38 AM
Hi Guys.
I have a problem (I think).
I've noticed that since installing a copy of Ubuntu Server (the latest available: 8.04) in a new VM, it's using the CPU like it's going out of style.

I will list the details here and upload some screenshots.
What do you think?

steven

Core hardware
Brand/Model of Server: Dell PowerEdge 2900
HD: 800 GB RAID 5
RAM: 8 GB (I know, I want more, but...)
CPU: 2 quad core 64bit Xeons @ 1.6 GHz

Core Virtualization system
VMware's ESX Server version 3.5

the VM
RAM: 512 MB
CPU: 1
NIC: E1000
SCSI cntrlr: LSI (best match for the actual hardware)
HD: 4 GB

the OS
(installed via ISO attached as CD-ROM drive within ESX configs)
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition - Supported to 2013
64bit AMD and Intel computers

other installed software
ebox (as per Ubuntu documentation)
nothing else yet

ocr14a
January 5th, 2009, 06:17 PM
Well, as I suspected, it was soemthing related to needing updates.
I finally got the latest round of Dell server firmware and bios updates and ESX updates done and the Ubuntu server VM works fine now.