[ovirt-users] vdsm high mem usage

[Michael Kleinpaste]

Thanks all.  I restarted it and that fixed the issue temporarily freeing up
memory but it continued the leak process.  I updated the vdsm package and
that fixed it overall.

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:57 AM Michal Skrivanek <
michal.skrivanek at redhat.com> wrote:

>
> On Sep 10, 2015, at 20:35 , Michael Kleinpaste <
> michael.kleinpaste at sharperlending.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody.
> >
> > So I ran into that high mem usage thing. The problem I have with
> patching is that this is a live system so I can't do it mid day.  Can
> anybody tell me if it is possible to just restart the vdsm service or does
> the host have to be in "maintenance mode" before restarting it?  It is
> using gluster storage, if that makes a difference as well.
>
> Hi,
> you can restart vdsm without any effect on running VMs. Other than short
> interruption of communication between engine and host. It can cause a short
> CPU spike on startup, so do that with caution when you run tend or hundreds
> of VMs on a same overloaded host.
> Obviously, while vdsm is not running, the system is a bit more vulnerable
> to failures, but as long as you don't do that in the middle of a migration
> or a power failure you're good:)
>
> Thanks,
> michal
> >
> > Thanks,
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*Michael Kleinpaste*
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