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Procedure This problem has to do with your locale and system configuration, and can be fixed by performing the following procedure: 1. Open the command prompt. 2. Change the command prompt locale according to the following table: 3. Country Code Page Default Setting Latin 1 - Brazilian Portuguese, 850 French, German, Italian, Spanish Latin 2- Czech, Hungarian, Polish 852 Russian 866 New Code Page Value 1252 1250 1251 a. To change the locale in the command prompt, type chcp **** in the command prompt, where **** is the new value for your code page, and press enter. For example, if your system locale is Latin 2, type chcp 1250 in the command prompt. b. To check the results of this change, type chcp and press enter. The command prompt will display the following message: Active code page: ****If the value displayed after Active code page is the same as the value you just entered, then you have successfully changed the settings. For example, if your system locale is Latin 2, the command prompt should display the message: Active code page: 1250 4. Change the font displayed within the command prompt. a. You can do this by right-clicking the title bar and clicking Properties from the drop-down menu. b. Click the Font tab and select Lucida Console from the list of fonts in the window. c. Click OK. d. A window will appear, allowing you to select the windows to apply the font change to. Select Modify shortcut that started this window and click OK. 5. You should no longer see corrupted characters in the CLI. The listSystems command consumes high CPU in enterprise environments In enterprise environments with many managed systems, high CPU consumption is expected behavior for the listSytems command. Improving tacmd command response time when using VMWare If you experience slow response time when invoking the tacmd command while running on a VMWare ESX system, consider disabling virtualization of the Time Stamp Counter (TSC). To make this change, add the following setting in the .vmx configuration file for the virtual system where the tacmd command is being invoked. monitor_control.virtual_rdtsc = false Chapter 11. Command troubleshooting 211

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Procedure
This problem has to do with your locale and system configuration, and can be
fixed by performing the following procedure:
1.
Open the command prompt.
2.
Change the command prompt locale according to the following table:
3.
Country
Code Page Default Setting
New Code Page Value
Latin 1 - Brazilian Portuguese,
French, German, Italian, Spanish
850
1252
Latin 2- Czech, Hungarian, Polish
852
1250
Russian
866
1251
a.
To change the locale in the command prompt, type
chcp
**** in the
command prompt, where **** is the new value for your code page, and
press enter. For example, if your system locale is Latin 2, type
chcp 1250
in
the command prompt.
b.
To check the results of this change, type
chcp
and press enter. The command
prompt will display the following message:
Active code page: ****
If the
value displayed after
Active code page
is the same as the value you just
entered, then you have successfully changed the settings. For example, if
your system locale is Latin 2, the command prompt should display the
message:
Active code page: 1250
4.
Change the font displayed within the command prompt.
a.
You can do this by right-clicking the title bar and clicking
Properties
from
the drop-down menu.
b.
Click the Font tab and select
Lucida Console
from the list of fonts in the
window.
c.
Click OK.
d.
A window will appear, allowing you to select the windows to apply the
font change to. Select
Modify shortcut that started this window
and click
OK.
5.
You should no longer see corrupted characters in the CLI.
The listSystems command consumes high CPU in enterprise
environments
In enterprise environments with many managed systems, high CPU consumption
is expected behavior for the
listSytems
command.
Improving tacmd command response time when using VMWare
If you experience slow response time when invoking the tacmd command while
running on a VMWare ESX system, consider disabling virtualization of the Time
Stamp Counter (TSC).
To make this change, add the following setting in the .vmx configuration file for
the virtual system where the tacmd command is being invoked.
monitor_control.virtual_rdtsc = false
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