Latest revision as of 06:58, 4 December 2020

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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>

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 =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>
-Then:
+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)
-* modify <memory> to the amount of memory required.
+Delete <currentMemory>
-* delete <currentMemory>
+Restart the guest:
+<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'>
+virsh start <guest-name>
+</syntaxhighlight>
-Restart the guest.
+Verify that the memory change took:
+<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'>
+virsh dominfo <guest-name>
+</syntaxhighlight>