https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Custom-Solutions-Spotlight/Viewing-Ballooning/m-p/268181#M179 <P>Ballooning is a neat trick virtualization can do to "rob" some memory from one VM to another. Ballooning is quite well described here: <A href="https://www.dynatrace.com/resources/ebooks/javabook/monitoring-applications-in-virtualized-environments/" target="_blank">https://www.dynatrace.com/resources/ebooks/javabook/monitoring-applications-in-virtualized-environments/</A></P><P>When looking at a VM, you might see that memory might have some strange variations,</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AntonioSousa_0-1737594455394.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25916i553F61C1D60DE7EB/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AntonioSousa_0-1737594455394.png" alt="AntonioSousa_0-1737594455394.png" /></span></P><P>while processes are not varying a lot</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AntonioSousa_2-1737594542559.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25918i2EF6319DDCD36707/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AntonioSousa_2-1737594542559.png" alt="AntonioSousa_2-1737594542559.png" /></span></P><P>You might look at the older host/processes view and discover that "other processes" are responsible for the memory consumption.</P><P>But, when you look at the VMware ballooning metric, it is then that you figure out that you really can diminish your RAM in your VM after all, because it's ballooning <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.dynatrace.com/html/@6EDF483EF947B43E16DF999BED8ABCC0/images/emoticons/dynaspin.gif" alt=":dynaspin:" title=":dynaspin:" /></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AntonioSousa_3-1737594756663.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25919i1F917A1ACC4EDC6C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AntonioSousa_3-1737594756663.png" alt="AntonioSousa_3-1737594756663.png" /></span></P> Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:13:13 GMT AntonioSousa 2025-01-23T01:13:13Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Custom-Solutions-Spotlight/Viewing-Ballooning/m-p/268181#M179 <P>Ballooning is a neat trick virtualization can do to "rob" some memory from one VM to another. Ballooning is quite well described here: <A href="https://www.dynatrace.com/resources/ebooks/javabook/monitoring-applications-in-virtualized-environments/" target="_blank">https://www.dynatrace.com/resources/ebooks/javabook/monitoring-applications-in-virtualized-environments/</A></P><P>When looking at a VM, you might see that memory might have some strange variations,</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AntonioSousa_0-1737594455394.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25916i553F61C1D60DE7EB/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AntonioSousa_0-1737594455394.png" alt="AntonioSousa_0-1737594455394.png" /></span></P><P>while processes are not varying a lot</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AntonioSousa_2-1737594542559.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25918i2EF6319DDCD36707/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AntonioSousa_2-1737594542559.png" alt="AntonioSousa_2-1737594542559.png" /></span></P><P>You might look at the older host/processes view and discover that "other processes" are responsible for the memory consumption.</P><P>But, when you look at the VMware ballooning metric, it is then that you figure out that you really can diminish your RAM in your VM after all, because it's ballooning <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.dynatrace.com/html/@6EDF483EF947B43E16DF999BED8ABCC0/images/emoticons/dynaspin.gif" alt=":dynaspin:" title=":dynaspin:" /></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AntonioSousa_3-1737594756663.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25919i1F917A1ACC4EDC6C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AntonioSousa_3-1737594756663.png" alt="AntonioSousa_3-1737594756663.png" /></span></P> Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:13:13 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Custom-Solutions-Spotlight/Viewing-Ballooning/m-p/268181#M179 AntonioSousa 2025-01-23T01:13:13Z