Changeset 37837 in vbox for trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_AdvancedTopics.xml
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r37827 r37837 1547 1547 <computeroutput>true</computeroutput> to 1548 1548 <computeroutput>false</computeroutput>. To manually start the 1549 service use the following command: <screen>launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist</screen> 1549 service use the following command: 1550 <screen>launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist</screen> 1550 1551 For additional information on how launchd services could be 1551 1552 configured see <literal><ulink … … 1558 1559 <title>Memory Ballooning Service</title> 1559 1560 1560 <para>Starting with VirtualBox 4.0.8 a new host executable called <computeroutput>VBoxBalloonCtrl</computeroutput> is 1561 available to automatically take care of a VM's configured memory balloon (see <xref linkend="guestadd-balloon" /> 1562 for an introduction to memory ballooning). This is especially useful for server environments where VMs may dynamically 1563 require more or less memory during runtime.</para> 1564 1565 <para>VBoxBalloonCtrl periodically checks a VM's current memory balloon and its free guest RAM and automatically adjusts 1566 the current memory balloon by inflating or deflating it accordingly. This handling only applies to running VMs having recent 1567 Guest Additions installed.</para> 1568 1569 <para>To set up VBoxBalloonCtrl and adjust the maximum ballooning size a VM can reach the following parameters will be checked in the following 1570 order: 1561 <para>Starting with VirtualBox 4.0.8 a new host executable called 1562 <computeroutput>VBoxBalloonCtrl</computeroutput> is available to 1563 automatically take care of a VM's configured memory balloon 1564 (see <xref linkend="guestadd-balloon" /> for an introduction to memory 1565 ballooning). This is especially useful for server environments where 1566 VMs may dynamically require more or less memory during runtime.</para> 1567 1568 <para>VBoxBalloonCtrl periodically checks a VM's current memory balloon 1569 and its free guest RAM and automatically adjusts the current memory 1570 balloon by inflating or deflating it accordingly. This handling only 1571 applies to running VMs having recent Guest Additions installed.</para> 1572 1573 <para>To set up VBoxBalloonCtrl and adjust the maximum ballooning size a 1574 VM can reach the following parameters will be checked in the following 1575 order: 1571 1576 <itemizedlist> 1572 <listitem>specified via VBoxBalloonCtrl command line parameter <computeroutput>--balloon-max</computeroutput></listitem> 1573 <listitem>per-VM parameter using <screen>VBoxManage setextradata "VM-Name" VBoxInternal/Guest/BalloonSizeMax <Size in MB></screen></listitem> 1574 <listitem>global parameter for all VMs using <screen>VBoxManage setextradata global VBoxInternal/Guest/BalloonSizeMax <Size in MB></screen></listitem> 1577 <listitem>specified via VBoxBalloonCtrl command line parameter 1578 <computeroutput>--balloon-max</computeroutput></listitem> 1579 <listitem>per-VM parameter using 1580 <screen>VBoxManage setextradata "VM-Name" VBoxInternal/Guest/BalloonSizeMax <Size in MB></screen></listitem> 1581 <listitem>global parameter for all VMs using 1582 <screen>VBoxManage setextradata global VBoxInternal/Guest/BalloonSizeMax <Size in MB></screen></listitem> 1575 1583 </itemizedlist> 1576 1584 <note> 1577 <para>If no maximum ballooning size is specified by at least one of the parameters above, no ballooning will be performed at all.</para> 1585 <para>If no maximum ballooning size is specified by at least one of the 1586 parameters above, no ballooning will be performed at all.</para> 1578 1587 </note> 1579 1588 </para> 1580 1589 1581 <para>For more options and parameters check the built-in command line help accessible with <computeroutput>--help</computeroutput>.</para> 1590 <para>For more options and parameters check the built-in command line help 1591 accessible with <computeroutput>--help</computeroutput>.</para> 1582 1592 </sect1> 1583 1593 </chapter>
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