Can't get Balloon driver working on Win 2008R2 or Win7 64bit

[glena]

Hi all!

I've been working with Proxmox V2.2 and have many Ubuntu VMs running with out issue but when I try to get the Memory Balloon drivers to work for ether Windows Server 2008R2 or Win7 64bit, I can't seem to get them working.

I've downloaded the latest ISO from Radhat (virtio-win-0.1-52.iso) and I'm able to get the VirtIO drivers for Network & Disk to work but not for the Balloon driver.

Anyone have any ideas?

Has anyone out there got them to work for this situation?

Thanks!

-Glen

 

[tom]

Use 2.3 (pvetest) and check the wiki regarding dynamic memory management

 

[glena]

Tom,

I'm not sure if I understand you correctly. Are you saying I should use kernel 2.3? or PVE 2.3 which does not appear to be out yet? Also, I have looked at the wiki and dynamic memory management and was not able to make any progress. It looks like there is not a valid verson of DevCon for windows 7. At least not that I can find.

This is not a big issue for me at the moment since I have enough ram to run all I have but I'm sure this will be a growing issue over time.

Thanks,

-Glen

 

[tom]

yes, 2.3 is not yet out but the dynamic memory management is already in pvetest repository.

for win7, follow http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Dynamic_Memory_Management#Enable_Auto-Ballooning_on_Windows_2008r2
(no devcon needed).

 

[glena]

Thanks Tom!

Since its not an issue for me at the moment, I wait for 2.3 to be officially released.

Regards,

-Glen