Apache JMeter

Apache JMeter is a 100% pure Java desktop application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance. It was originally designed for testing Web Applications but has since expanded to other test functions.

Apache JMeter may be used to test performance both on static and dynamic resources (files, Servlets, Perl scripts, Java Objects, Data Bases and Queries, FTP Servers and more). It can be used to simulate a heavy load on a server, network or object to test its strength or to analyze overall performance under different load types. You can use it to make a graphical analysis of performance or to test your server/script/object behavior under heavy concurrent load.

Install VMWare Tools

Installing VMware Tools

The following procedure shows how to extract and install the VMware Tools image from the VMware Workstation "tarball" (.tar.gz file).

Is it legal to do this? According to this thread, yes.

1. Download the latest "Archived Version" of VMware Workstation in .tar.gz format at http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/. You do not need to be registered nor have a VMware Workstation license key to download this version.

Example:
$ wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/wkst/VMware-workstation-5.5.0-18463.tar.gz

2. Locate and extract the linux.iso VMware Tools image from the tarball.

Locate the linux.iso file (example):
$ tar ztvf VMware-workstation-5.5.0-18463.tar.gz | grep linux.iso
vmware-distrib/lib/isoimages/linux.iso

Extract the linux.iso file (example):
$ tar zxvf VMware-workstation-5.5.0-18463.tar.gz vmware-distrib/lib/isoimages/linux.iso

3. Mount the linux.iso file as a loopback file system, and either share the loopback file system with Samba, or copy the VMware Tools files to a location accessible by your guest system.

$ mkdir /tmp/vmware_tools
$ mount -o loop linux.iso /tmp/vmware_tools

4. In your guest system, run vmware-install.py from the VMware Tools directory.