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Managing Memory Resources from the Management Interface
On the server’s Overview page, click Manage Resources. The Resource Monitor page
appears. Click Edit Resources under the name of the virtual machine for which you
want to change settings. Enter the desired settings, then click Save Changes.
You must log in as root in order to change resource management settings using
either the management interface or procfs.
Managing Memory Resources with Configuration File Settings
You can also manage memory resources by editing the following settings in the
virtual machine’s configuration file. To edit the configuration file, use the
configuration file editor in the management interface. See Editing a Virtual Machine’s
Configuration Remotely on page 99 for details.
memsize = <size>
This configuration file option specifies the maximum virtual machine size to be
<size>MB.
sched.mem.minsize = <size>
This configuration file option specifies the guaranteed minimum virtual machine size
to be <size>MB. The maximum valid value for <size> is100 percent of the
specified maximum virtual machine size. The minimum valid value for <size>
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