| lkvm-balloon(1) |
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| NAME |
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| lkvm-balloon - Inflate or deflate the virtio balloon |
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| SYNOPSIS |
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| [verse] |
| 'lkvm balloon [command] [size] [instance]' |
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| DESCRIPTION |
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| The command inflates or deflates the virtio balloon located in the |
| specified instance. |
| For a list of running instances see 'lkvm list'. |
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| Command can be either 'inflate' or 'deflate'. Inflate increases the |
| size of the balloon, thus decreasing the amount of virtual RAM available |
| for the guest. Deflation returns previously inflated memory back to the |
| guest. |
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| size is specified in Mb. |
