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Posted to commits@cloudstack.apache.org by sh...@apache.org on 2022/08/26 05:03:54 UTC

[cloudstack-documentation] branch 4.17 updated: vm: note on kvm dynamic scaling (#283)

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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/4.17 by this push:
     new fb0d37c  vm: note on kvm dynamic scaling (#283)
fb0d37c is described below

commit fb0d37cf3019ad0fa256526fe7776381d2365ea9
Author: Abhishek Kumar <ab...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Aug 26 10:33:50 2022 +0530

    vm: note on kvm dynamic scaling (#283)
    
    Related https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/6626
---
 source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst | 2 ++
 source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst b/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst
index b68f1aa..a05ad8d 100644
--- a/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst
+++ b/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ Limitations
    issue with these operating systems, which will freeze if an attempt
    is made to dynamically scale from less than 3 GB to more than 3 GB.
 
+-  On KVM, not all versions of Qemu/KVM may support dynamic scaling. Some combinations may result CPU or memory related failures during instance deployment.
+
 
 Resetting the Virtual Machine Root Volume on Reboot
 ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst b/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst
index af6fc61..f339d3a 100644
--- a/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst
+++ b/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ with OpenVswitch, the requirements are listed below
 
 -  openvswitch: 1.7.1 or higher
 
+Not all versions of Qemu/KVM may support dynamic scaling of instances. Some combinations may result CPU or memory related failures during instance deployment.
+
 In addition, the following hardware requirements apply:
 
 -  Within a single cluster, the hosts must be of the same distribution