Win10 VM wrong RAM utilization shown in GUI

Dunuin

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Hi,

I think the GUI shows the wrong RAM utilization for my Win10 VM (v1909).
Proxmox 6.3 is updated to the latest version and I installed the kvm guest agent.

Right after starting the VM the GUI shows a RAM utilization of 90%+ but Windows shows me a way lower utilization:
winram.jpg
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KSM is enabled, Ballooning for that VM is disabled. I'm using q35 with OVMF.

Is there anything I can do to fix this?
 
Same problem with my newly create OPNsense-VM. Proxmox shows 2,6 of 3GiB RAM used and if I run top inside the VM i see "99M Active, 22M Inact, 277M wired, 120M Buf, 2555M Free".

Edit:
Ok, looks like Windows-VM RAM usage is now working after enableing ballooning for that VM.
But no luck with OPNsense if balloon is enabled or not (and looks like there is no qemu guest agent for FreeBSD).
 
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