[Xen-users] Memory Ballooning / Overcommitting

[Chris Hane <chrishane@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have a xen server setup that I want to install a lot of vms on if 
possible.  The vms will have no utilization for the most part; and brief 
utilization when active.  The server has 2GB of RAM.
We were running into a problem were the dom0 would not let us add anymore 
vms because we were out of physical memory.
I have started to read about memory ballooning and hoping someone could 
point me in the right direction.  If my understanding is correct, 
ballooning will increase the vm memory if needed up to a maxmem setting. 
And can decrease memory if requested by the dom0.
Is this an automatic process, or do I have to manually issue a command to 
increase/decrease the domU memory?  The command I know about is:
 > xm mem-set <Domain> <Mem>


Thanks,
Chris....

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