diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/cron.daily/clear_cache b/systemvm/debian/etc/cron.daily/clear_cache
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2662f9380f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/cron.daily/clear_cache
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# clear memory cache to ultimately reduce swapping
+
+sync && echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/cron.hourly/clear_cache b/systemvm/debian/etc/cron.hourly/clear_cache
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5daa16744d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/cron.hourly/clear_cache
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# clear memory cache to ultimately reduce swapping
+
+phymem=$(free|awk '/^Mem:/{print $2}')
+if [ $phymem -lt 513000 ]; then
+  sync && echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+fi
diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/sysctl.conf b/systemvm/debian/etc/sysctl.conf
index e6c2a34ca52..e07a345481f 100644
--- a/systemvm/debian/etc/sysctl.conf
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/sysctl.conf
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ net.ipv6.conf.all.autoconf = 0
 vm.swappiness=1
 
 # make the kernel more aggressive in reclaiming RAM from the disk and swap caches
-vm.vfs_cache_pressure = 50
+vm.vfs_cache_pressure = 200
diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf b/systemvm/debian/etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2007e3090e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[logging]
+# Turns on logging globally. It can still be disabled for each domain.
+# log = true
+
+# Disables core dumps on fatal errors; they're enabled by default.
+# enableCoreDump = false
+
+# Defines the "vmsvc" domain, logging to file
+# vmsvc.level = message
+vmsvc.handler = file
+# Setup file rotation - keep 3 files
+vmsvc.maxOldLogFiles = 3
+# Max log file size kept: 1 MB
+vmsvc.maxLogSize = 1
+
+# Defines the "vmtoolsd" domain, and disable logging for it.
+# vmtoolsd.level = none
diff --git a/tools/appliance/systemvmtemplate/scripts/configure_systemvm_services.sh b/tools/appliance/systemvmtemplate/scripts/configure_systemvm_services.sh
index 48695014bd9..c9a8d0f8e09 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/systemvmtemplate/scripts/configure_systemvm_services.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/systemvmtemplate/scripts/configure_systemvm_services.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 
-CLOUDSTACK_RELEASE=4.11.2
+CLOUDSTACK_RELEASE=4.11.2.1
 
 function configure_apache2() {
    # Enable ssl, rewrite and auth
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function install_cloud_scripts() {
   rsync -av ./cloud_scripts/ /
   chmod +x /opt/cloud/bin/* /opt/cloud/bin/setup/* \
     /root/{clearUsageRules.sh,reconfigLB.sh,monitorServices.py} \
-    /etc/profile.d/cloud.sh
+    /etc/profile.d/cloud.sh /etc/cron.daily/* /etc/cron.hourly.*
 
   chmod -x /etc/systemd/system/*
 
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ function configure_services() {
   systemctl disable strongswan
   systemctl disable x11-common
   systemctl disable xl2tpd
+  systemctl disable vgauth
 
   configure_apache2
   configure_strongswan