VMWare and memory on XP

[Peter Larsen [CPH]]

Hi,

I am testing some images using VMWare on XP.
Doing that, it seems like the image doesn't allocate much memory. XP reports
that the image only use 128 mb and i'm pretty sure that the image has
allocated more than that. The image contains oracle client, running software
and other stuff.

My question is this: Is it possible to allocate memory on XP without XP show
it in "Windows Task Manager" ?

Thank you in advance.
BR
Peter

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

This is probably a good question for the VMWare forums.

 

[C.Joseph S. Drayton]

Hi,

I am testing some images using VMWare on XP.
Doing that, it seems like the image doesn't allocate much memory. XP
reports that the image only use 128 mb and i'm pretty sure that the
image has allocated more than that. The image contains oracle client,
running software and other stuff.

My question is this: Is it possible to allocate memory on XP without
XP show it in "Windows Task Manager" ?

Thank you in advance.
BR
Peter

Hi Peter,

In the directory where the VM is stored, there should be at least 2
files, one should have the extension VHD. This is the virtual hard
disk, a second file should have the extension VMC. This file has the
actual configuration of the virtual machine and is a TXT file and can
be opened with Wordpad or any standard text editor. In that file is a
line that declares the amount of 'RAM' the virtual machine has.

I use VMPlayer occassinally, amnd have had no problem editing the VMC
file. If it does not work the way you want, there is a freeware VM
builder for VMWare VMs.

--

Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

CSD Computer Services
Web site: http://csdcs.tlerma.com/
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Peter Larsen [CPH]]

Hi Joseph,

My question is more about how it is possible to allocate memory without
being able to find the associated process in the Windows task manager (or
ProcessExplorer). You will see the same behavior using VirtualPC.

BR
Peter

 

[C.Joseph S. Drayton]

Hi Joseph,

My question is more about how it is possible to allocate memory
without being able to find the associated process in the Windows task
manager (or ProcessExplorer). You will see the same behavior using
VirtualPC.

BR
Peter

The memory that is allocated for the VM has to be done within the
config file for the VM.

Another words, my Ubuntu install is set up for 512MB. When I start the
VM manager, it uses about 22MB of RAM when I actually run the Ubuntu
VM, the RAM usage goes up by 536MB. When I exit the VM it drops back
down. It is the config file that tells the VM manager how much RAM to
use not the 'host' RAM manager. Once the VM starts, the RAM is
allocated and the host considers it allocated and doesn't mess with it.

--

Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

CSD Computer Services
Web site: http://csdcs.tlerma.com/
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)