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  Out of memory: Kill process 10429 (java) score 126 or sacrifice child
  Out of memory: Kill process 10429 (java) score 126 or sacrifice child


When pve hosts runs low on memory (80% used) it starts reclaiming memory from guests using ballooning.  
PVE host ran low on memory, and started reclaiming memory from ballooning drivers.  
See [https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/chapter-qm.html#qm_memory QM Memory].
See [https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/chapter-qm.html#qm_memory QM Memory].
Make sure to set 'Minimum memory' to a value high enough to prevent processes getting shot by OOM killer.
To prevent this, make sure to set 'Minimum memory' high enough.


== a used vhost backend has no free memory slots left ==
== a used vhost backend has no free memory slots left ==

Revision as of 13:00, 24 August 2023

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pvesh

pvesh get /cluster/resources

Get current configuration of VM 105

pvesh get /nodes/nuc/qemu/105/status/current

Now to get maxmem given to VM 105

pvesh get /nodes/nuc/qemu/105/status/current --output-format json | jq '.maxmem'

Get memory usage

pvesh get /cluster/resources --output-format json |jq '.[] | select(.id=="qemu/105") | .mem'      


FAQ

virtio_balloon virtio0: Out of puff! Can't get 1 pages

Out of memory: Kill process 10429 (java) score 126 or sacrifice child

PVE host ran low on memory, and started reclaiming memory from ballooning drivers. See QM Memory. To prevent this, make sure to set 'Minimum memory' high enough.

a used vhost backend has no free memory slots left

https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/hotplug-memory-limits-total-memory-to-44gb.30991/#post-154914

echo "options vhost max_mem_regions=509" >> /etc/modprobe.d/vhost.conf