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On 14 Apr 2017, at 18:56, Joseph Chapman
<chapman.joseph(a)gmail.com> =
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Hello all,=20
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I have a RHEV 4.1 host running Windows 10 VMs. I have installed the =
balloon
driver on the VMs (RHEV guest tools), and enabled memory =
ballooning on the cluster using RHEV-M. On the VMs, I have set the =
system memory to Memory Size: 4GB, Maximum Memory: 16GB.=20
Hi Joseph,
ballooning is unrelated to the memory hot plug. You need ballooning for =
memory overcommit to reclaim the guest=E2=80=99s memory back to =
host/other VMs. If that is what you want to do the just enable =
ballooning and use 16GB memory size
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While I can manually hot plug memory, I am not seeing additional =
memory being
automatically allocated to the VMs during a SQL workload. =
The documentation for RHEV 4.1 is not clear on whether or not this =
automatic ballooning is functional (earlier documentation suggests that =
it is functional only by use of an API).
hotplugging is user action, on demand. If you want to have complete =
control over the guest memory size you can use hotplugging without =
balloon.
It=E2=80=99s somewhat overlapping, ballooning is more flexible(can =
inflate and deflate based on host memory pressure), on the other hand =
requires guest cooperation and some time to settle on the right value.
Thanks,
michal
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I am new to RHEV and would appreciate some help troubleshooting this. =
Please let
me know if there's any additional information I should =
provide. I messaged this mailing list on suggestion from someone in the =
IRC. I hope this is in-bounds.=20
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Thanks for your time!=20
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http://fjchapman.tumblr.com <http://fjchapman.tumblr.com/>
+1 828 777 0751=20
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class=3D"">On 14 Apr 2017, at 18:56, Joseph Chapman <<a =
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class=3D"">Hello all, <div class=3D""><br
class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">I have a RHEV 4.1 host running Windows 10 VMs. I have =
installed the balloon driver on the VMs (RHEV guest tools), and enabled =
memory ballooning on the cluster using RHEV-M. On the VMs, I have set =
the system memory to Memory Size: 4GB, Maximum Memory: =
16GB. </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br
class=3D""></div>Hi =
Joseph,</div><div>ballooning is unrelated to the memory hot plug. You =
need ballooning for memory overcommit to reclaim the guest=E2=80=99s =
memory back to host/other VMs. If that is what you want to do the just =
enable ballooning and use 16GB memory size</div><div><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite"
class=3D""><div class=3D""><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D""><br
class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">While I can manually hot plug memory, I am not seeing =
additional memory being automatically allocated to the VMs during a SQL =
workload. The documentation for RHEV 4.1 is not clear on whether or not =
this automatic ballooning is functional (earlier documentation suggests =
that it is functional only by use of an =
API).</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br =
class=3D""></div><div>hotplugging is user action, on demand. If
you want =
to have complete control over the guest memory size you can use =
hotplugging without balloon.</div><div>It=E2=80=99s somewhat =
overlapping, ballooning is more flexible(can inflate and deflate based =
on host memory pressure), on the other hand requires guest cooperation =
and some time to settle on the right value.</div><div><br =
class=3D""></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>michal</div><br
=
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite"
class=3D""><div class=3D""><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D""><br
class=3D"">I am new to RHEV =
and would appreciate some help troubleshooting this. Please let me know =
if there's any additional information I should provide. I messaged this =
mailing list on suggestion from someone in the IRC. I hope this is =
in-bounds. </div><div class=3D""><br
class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">Thanks for your time! <br clear=3D"all"
class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div>-- <br
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data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Joseph Chapman<br
class=3D""><a =
href=3D"http://fjchapman.tumblr.com/" target=3D"_blank" =
class=3D"">http://fjchapman.tumblr.com</a><br
class=3D"">+1 828 777 =
0751 </div></div>
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