[libvirt-users] ballooning option xml

[udo1]

Hi Matthias,

In Ubuntu lucid using kvm, the balloning is disabled by default, so I 
would need to enable it.
(I currently have written a wrapper named as kvm adding this kvm option 
but this should not be the right way)

br
Udo Attila Fischer


on 2010.05.26. 14:21, Matthias Bolte wrote:
> 2010/5/13 udo1<udo1 at udo.hu>:
>    
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I need the ballooning option with kvm using libvirt xml file and virsh
>> (virsh create domain.xml)
>> kvm line must be appended with the -balloon virtio switch to enable
>> ballooning. (can be disabled if there no option or with -balloon none )
>>
>> I currently using Ubuntu Lucid
>>
>> How can I define this in the domain xml file, or what need I to do to get
>> this option?
>> is there any option like
>> enabling with
>> <balloon>virtio</balloon>
>> or
>> disabling with
>> <balloon>none</balloon>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in Advance
>> Udo Attila Fischer
>>
>>      
> Ballooning is enabled by default and cannot be disabled via the domain XML.
>
> Do you have any specific problem that makes you think there is a
> problem with ballooning?
>
> Matthias
>
>