[Libvirt-cim] What does NumberOfBlocks and ConsumableBlocks in the Xen_Memory class represent?

Kaitlin Rupert kaitlin at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri May 15 20:37:27 UTC 2009


Medlyn, Dayne (VSL - Ft Collins) wrote:
> Kaitlin,
> 
> Thanks for working through this with me.  One last question:
> 
>>> Isn't this backwards from your original message?  Or did I just
>> misunderstand?  Interestingly, what I see for a DomU with maxmem=1024
>> and memory=512 in 0.4.1 is the following:
>>
>> In my original message, I was talking about the current implementation
>> -
>> which would be 0.5.1 and newer.
> 
> Just for confirmation, does this mean that for anything 0.5.1 and newer I should expect:
> 
> -NumberOfBlocks the maximum memory allocated to the guest
> -ConsumableBlocks the memory currently assigned to the guest
> 
> And for anything older than 0.5.1 I should expect:
> 
> -NumberOfBlocks the memory currently assigned to the guest
> -ConsumableBlocks the maximum memory allocated to the guest

Yes, that's correct.  We're one the same page here.  Sorry for the 
confusing detour there. ;)


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Kaitlin Rupert
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