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David Kariuki
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  1. Disable khugepaged defragmenting:

    echo never | sudo tee /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/defrag

    You can also do this by adding the transparent_hugepage=never entry to your grub, then type update-grub on your terminal to update grub.


  1. Disable virtualization engine.

    Disable virtualization engine.

  2. Ensure that the ram allocation does not exceed the hosts ram. e.g If you computers ram is 8GB, give your VM less than 4.

    Ensure that the ram allocation does not exceed the hosts ram. e.g If you computers ram is 8GB, give your VM less than 4.

  3. Set number of processor cores to a reasonalble number.

    Set number of processor cores to a reasonalble number.

  4. Update you're VMware if you are using an old version.

    Update you're VMware if you are using an old version.
  5. At times re-installing vmware solves the problem if all the above don't work.

  1. Disable khugepaged defragmenting:

    echo never | sudo tee /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/defrag

    You can also do this by adding the transparent_hugepage=never entry to your grub, then type update-grub on your terminal to update grub.


  1. Disable virtualization engine.

  2. Ensure that the ram allocation does not exceed the hosts ram. e.g If you computers ram is 8GB, give your VM less than 4.

  3. Set number of processor cores to a reasonalble number.

  4. Update you're VMware if you are using an old version.

  1. Disable khugepaged defragmenting:

    echo never | sudo tee /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/defrag

    You can also do this by adding the transparent_hugepage=never entry to your grub, then type update-grub on your terminal to update grub.


  1. Disable virtualization engine.
  2. Ensure that the ram allocation does not exceed the hosts ram. e.g If you computers ram is 8GB, give your VM less than 4.
  3. Set number of processor cores to a reasonalble number.
  4. Update you're VMware if you are using an old version.
  5. At times re-installing vmware solves the problem if all the above don't work.
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David Kariuki
David Kariuki
  • 895
  • 1
  • 7
  • 23

  1. Disable khugepaged defragmenting:

    echo never | sudo tee /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/defrag

    You can also do this by adding the transparent_hugepage=never entry to your grub, then type update-grub on your terminal to update grub.


  1. Disable virtualization engine.

  2. Ensure that the ram allocation does not exceed the hosts ram. e.g If you computers ram is 8GB, give your VM less than 4.

  3. Set number of processor cores to a reasonalble number.

  4. Update you're VMware if you are using an old version.