[pve-devel] [PATCH docs v2] document ballooning for fixed memory size

[Dominik Csapak]

Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak at proxmox.com>
---
changes to v1:
 include which information is useful
 recommend to leave it enabled
 qm.adoc | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
index 85b939a..68d7bad 100644
--- a/qm.adoc
+++ b/qm.adoc
@@ -275,6 +275,17 @@ host.
 When choosing a *fixed size memory* {pve} will simply allocate what you
 specify to your VM.
 
+Even when using a fixed memory size, the ballooning device gets added to the
+VM, because it delivers useful information such as how much memory the guest
+really uses.
+In general, you should leave *ballooning* enabled, but if you want to disable
+it (e.g. for debugging porpuses), simply uncheck
+*Ballooning* or set
+
+ balloon: 0
+
+in the configuration.
+
 .Automatic Memory Allocation
 [thumbnail="gui-create-vm-memory-dynamic.png", float="left"]
 
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