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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: how to balloon memory with a Windows guest domain un

To: George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: how to balloon memory with a Windows guest domain under Xen
From: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:08:59 +0000
Cc: Niu Yan <vivian.niu@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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George Dunlap wrote:
To balloon a Windows guest, you need a balloon driver installed in
Windows.  You can find them here:
 http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv


You could also try the Citrix PV drivers which are part of the XenCloud platform. These will work on open source but there's a couple of hacks you'll need to do (one in the registry, one in xenstore). Let me know if you want to give them a try.

  Paul

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