This completes the man page updates required for BZ # 622534: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=622534 --- tools/virsh.pod | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod index 1f15fef..c0cda79 100644 --- a/tools/virsh.pod +++ b/tools/virsh.pod @@ -580,13 +580,20 @@ paravirtualized or running the PV balloon driver. Note, this command only works on active guest domains. To change the memory allocation for an inactive guest domain, use the virsh B<edit> command to -update the XML <memory> element. +update the XML <currentMemory> element. =item B<setmaxmem> I<domain-id> B<kilobytes> -Change the maximum memory allocation limit in the guest domain. This should -not change the current memory use. The memory limit is specified in -kilobytes. +Change the maximum memory allocation limit for an active guest domain. + +Some hypervisors require a larger granularity than kilobytes, and requests +that are not an even multiple will either be rounded down or rejected. For +example, vSphere/ESX rejects the parameter unless the kB argument is evenly +divisible by 1024 (that is, the kB argument happens to represent megabytes). + +Note, this command only works on active guest domains. To change the memory +allocation for an inactive guest domain, use the virsh B<edit> command to +update the XML <memory> element. =item B<memtune> I<domain-id> optional I<--hard-limit> B<kilobytes> optional I<--soft-limit> B<kilobytes> optional I<--swap-hard-limit> -- 1.7.3.5