Specifications

Administration Guide
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The!Memory!Resource!Settings!dialog!box!appears.
4Enter!the!settings,!and!click!OK.!
Log!in!as!root!to!change!resource!management!settings!using!either!the!management!
interface!or!procfs.!
Managing Memory Resources from the Service Console
You!can!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!the!Virtual!Machine!Configuration!
File”!on!page 337.
memsize = <size>
Specifies!the!maximum!virtual!machine!size!to!be!<size>MB.
sched.mem.minsize = <size>
Specifies!the!guaranteed!
minimum!virtual!machine!size!to!be!<size>MB.!The!
maximum!valid!value!for!<size>!is!100!percent!of!the!specified!maximum!virtual!
machine!size.!The!minimum!valid!value!for!<size>!depends!on!the!amount!of!available!
swap!space.!The!default!minimum!size!is!50!percent!of!the!specified!maximum!virtual!
machine!
size.
sched.mem.shares = <n>
Specifies!the!initial!memory!share!allocation!for!a!virtual!machine!to!be!<n>!shares.!The!
valid!range!of!numerical!values!for!<n>!is!0!to!100000.!You!can!also!use!the!values!low,!
normal,!and!high.!These!values!are!converted!into!numbers,!through!the!configuration!
options!MemSharesPerMBLow,!MemSharesPerMBNormal,
!and!MemSharesPerMBHigh,!
described!in!the!next!section.!If!the!number!of!shares!for!a!virtual!machine!is!not!
specified,!the!assigned!allocation!is!normal,!with!a!default!value!equal!to!10!times!the!
virtual!machine’s!maximum!memory,!in!MB.