Intel® VTune™ Amplifier XE and Intel® VTune™ Amplifier for Systems Help

Enabling Intel® VTune™ Amplifier Analysis on a Parallels* Guest System

Intel VTune Amplifier can be installed and configured to analyze performance on a Parallels* guest system.

Parallels* Desktop users can use Intel® VTune™ Amplifier to analyze a Windows* or Linux* virtual guest system using a macOS* host. Intel VTune Amplifier is installed and run on the guest system. Additional information about installing VTune Amplifier is available from the installation guides. Refer to the installation guide for the guest system operating system (Windows or Linux).

Use the following steps to enable event based sampling analysis inside Parallels virtual machines. Refer to the Parallels documentation for the most up-to-date information.

  1. Open the configuration options:
    • Click the Parallels icon in the menu bar, press and hold the Option (Alt) key, and choose Configure.
    • Choose Virtual Machine > Configure from the Parallels Desktop menu bar at the top of the screen.
  2. Select the Options tab.
  3. Select Optimization.
  4. Select the Enable PMU virtualization checkbox.

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