Valgrind Tools, ESXi Version For VMware ESXi 5.5 August 16, 2013 VERSION COMPATIBILITY This version of the development tools is compatible with ESXi 5.5 and later. OVERVIEW Valgrind Tools, ESXi Version 1.0 is an ESXi porting of Valgrind 3.7.0, a GPL (GNU General Public License) licensed tool suite. It works with ESXi 5.5 and later versions. This suite comprises a number of tools for memory debugging, memory leak detection, and cache and heap profiling. For more information, see the documentation, "Dynamic Memory Analysis with Valgrind Tools, ESXi Version". RELEASE NOTES FROM VALGRIND.ORG The release notes in this document cover only the ESXi porting of Valgrind 3.7.0. You can find additional release notes at http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/dist.news.html. KNOWN ISSUES RUNNING VMX AGAINST VALGRIND You cannot use the Valgrind Tools, ESXi Version, to debug VMX. For example, the valgrind command will fail if you run 'valgrind /bin/vmx'. DOES NOT WORK WITH OPTION '--sanity-level' >= 3 Valgrind will fail to work if option '--sanity-level' is set to 3 or higher levels. For example, 'valgrind --sanity-level=3 ls' will not work on ESXi. REVISION HISTORY Valgrind Tools, ESXi Version For VMware ESXi 5.5 and after: August 22, 2013