Disabling balloon driver

 · Hi All, I've got a hypothetical question to pose today: what are the implications of completely disabling the balloon driver on all guest VMs in order.  · Disabling balloon drivers can be done by editing the configuration parameter of the virtual machine. Power down the virtual machine. Right Click the virtual machine and click Edit Settings. Go to Options Tab Advanced General. What is the key function of the balloon driver in the memory ballooning technique?  · I strongly agree with the above two posts and do not recommend disabling the balloon driver on any VM's! But if you must here is the procedure for doing it.: Connect directly to the ESX Server host where the virtual machine resides on, using Virtual Infrastructure Client (VI Client). - Shut down the virtual machine.

1. Power down the virtual machine. 2. Right Click the virtual machine and click Edit Settings 3. Go to Options Tab Advanced General. Disabling the balloon driver () Using the vSphere Client, connect to the vCenter Server or the ESXi/ESX host where the virtual machine resides. Log into the ESXi/ESX host as a user with administrative rights. Shut down the virtual machine. Right-click the virtual machine listed on the. Disable the Balloon Driver, either by changes in the hypervisor or by changing the VM configuration file. For VMware add the following line to the VMX file and restart the VM: www.doorway.ructl = "0" Alternatively, you can disable the balloon driver within the VM: Find the module name: /sbin/lsmod | grep balloon.

Note: ​Balloon driver must be disabled.​ ​For disabling balloon driver, click the Custom. Settings option, and deselect the Memory Control Drivers. 5. Click ​OK. Memory management strategies, such as memory ballooning, A balloon driver resides within each VM and locks any unused memory. The balloon driver may be uninstalled, disabled explicitly, unavailable while a guest OS is booting, or temporarily unable to reclaim memory quickly enough to.