Win 7, Vtune 2017 update 3 ... cannot do first hot spot ... "serious problem"

[CSlat2]

I have created a simple C++ app called timeWaster. Built it using MSVC  19. This app runs fine in a command window created by Parallel Studio. (compiled using cl -EHsc -Zi timeWaster.cpp)

Sample run:

D:\Users\...\VTune\timeWaster>timeWaster64.exe

a=3.21061e+006

primeCnt=348844

11.2066  seconds

Done

Launch Vtune with admin rights.

Go to configure, select “Launch Application”, browse to the timeWaster64.exe, set working dir to same.

Toggle over to the run screen, “Basic Hotspots” selected, everything set to default. Hit start …

Up pops a command window … that stays empty (this window sticks around till killed with task master, timeWaster process still running 0% cpu).

Then within seconds of hitting start:

Intel VTune Amplifier XE 2017 has faced a serious problem

1/11/2018 6:21:45 AM  Cannot open data: Intel VTune Amplifier XE 2017 has faced a serious problem.

Error 0x40000024 (No data) -- No data is collected. Possible reasons:

 - Workload is too small. No samples are collected.

 - The application environment is not specified correctly.

 See the Troubleshooting help topic for more details. 

Trouble shooting area of of no help so I am here.

So where do I start tracking this down? I have already considered dll dependencies and pruned that list down to a minimum.

[PAVEL_G_Intel]

Try to run the VTune Amplifier GUI via VNC. I think x-forwarding may be unstable.

- Pavel

[Alexander_T_Intel1]

Hi Venkatesh,

To run Advanced Hotspots you should expose host's PMU counters to your VM.

Btw, what kind if hypervisor (KVM, VMWare, etc.) do you use?

[bsv__venki]

Hi am using KVM..

when i try to install latest version is blocking..

Hi,

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q. Quit
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2018 version 3 blocks on my system during instalation , what might be the reason. ?

3.10.0-229.20.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 3 19:10:07 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Thanks,

Venkaesh

[bsv__venki]

Hi,

could someone reply.

Thanks,

Venkatesh.

[PAVEL_G_Intel]

Hi,

You don't need to install VTune Amplifier inside KVM. Just install it on host system and profile guest one following next instruction: Profiling Targets on a KVM* Guest System.