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=Procedure=
=Procedure=


Shut down the guest, then:
Shut down the guest:
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'>
virsh shutdown <guest-name>
</syntaxhighlight>


virsh edit <''guest-name''>
Edit the guest definition:
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'>
virsh edit <guest-name>
</syntaxhighlight>


Modify <memory>
Lookup the memory definition line:
<syntaxhighlight lang='xml'>
<memory unit='KiB'>16777216</memory>
</syntaxhighlight>
Edit to the desired value (note that the memory is expressed in KiB)


Delete <currentMemory>
Delete <currentMemory>
Restart the guest:
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'>
virsh start <guest-name>
</syntaxhighlight>
Verify that the memory change took:
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'>
virsh dominfo <guest-name>
</syntaxhighlight>

Latest revision as of 06:58, 4 December 2020

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Procedure

Shut down the guest:

virsh shutdown <guest-name>

Edit the guest definition:

virsh edit <guest-name>

Lookup the memory definition line:

<memory unit='KiB'>16777216</memory>

Edit to the desired value (note that the memory is expressed in KiB)

Delete <currentMemory>

Restart the guest:

virsh start <guest-name>

Verify that the memory change took:

virsh dominfo <guest-name>