Fix: VMWare slow to release swapped memory after stopping guest

Ever since upgrading to VMWare v6.5.1, I've noticed it would take several minutes for my laptop to respond to input after closing VMware or pausing/shutting down a guest.

The excessive harddrive activity would halt my host operating system and prevent hibernation from working (causing me to nearly miss my train station several times!)

Luckily, someone's found the solution to fixing this problem by setting some hidden configuration options.

Open up your "guest.vmx" file in Notepad and paste the following lines at the end of the file.

mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"
prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE"
prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100"

This has stopped the excessive harddrive activity on my laptop and I have been able to get off the train on time =)

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For more configuration options, see this link.

Using Drupal API in your website

(If you're looking for a way to bootstrap your automated/scheduled scripts, then look here. This guide is for bootstrapping Drupal to pages loaded by your browser.)

As this is written for Drupal 6.8, instructions may vary for other versions (5.x, 7.x, etc).

Download Drupal and extract files into /path/to/website/drupal

1. Installation
Install Drupal by visiting http://domain/drupal/install.php in your browser.
Ensure no table name conflicts with existing site (ie. any tables named "users", "files" or "access")

2. Bootstrapping the Drupal API
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This allows full access to Drupal API from without your website.

The following code is a modified version of ceejayoz's script bootstrap code.

/**
* Allows us access into Drupal's API.
*/
function initialise_drupal_bootstrap() {
// Determine Drupal's directory
$DRUPALINC = realpath('./drupal');

// Adjust PHP's include path so Drupal properly includes it's dependencies
$paths = explode(';', get_include_path());
$paths[] = realpath('./');
$paths[] = $DRUPALINC;
set_include_path(implode(';', $paths));

// Save current working directory
$cwd = getcwd();
chdir($DRUPALINC);

// Call Drupal's bootstrapping code
require_once('includes/bootstrap.inc');
drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);

// restore error reporting to its normal setting
error_reporting(E_ALL);
}

Whenever you need to enable the Drupal API on a page, simply call initialise_drupal_bootstrap().

3. Edit .htaccess
This step is optional for Linux users, as you can simply create a symlink to the paths required.

Copy "/path/to/website/drupal/.htaccess" to "/path/to/website/" and open it up in a text editor.
Uncomment the line with "RewriteBase" and set it to "RewriteBase /drupal"

4. Test

• Open your main page, it should show your original site. (ie. http://www.domain.com)
• Attempt to access a Drupal rendered page, such as your user profile page at "http://www.domain.com/user"
• View the Drupal main page, at "http://www.domain.com/drupal"
  

5. Configure
Log in as the administrator and view the page "http://www.domain.com/admin/settings/site-information" to set up your default front page.