From 2ead8bddc14b4118b2ecc4af06786097d2c4d122 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: besawn <38794505+besawn@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 14:11:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Updated mkvm kvm memory specification description and examples. --- xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkvm.1.pod | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkvm.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkvm.1.pod index d4f65ef45..f5c287c26 100644 --- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkvm.1.pod +++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkvm.1.pod @@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ The partition name of the source. =item B<--mem> -Memory size in MB for the kvm/vmware virtual machine being created. +Memory size for the kvm/vmware virtual machine being created. Specify units in MB +or append K (4194304K) for KB, M (4096M) for MB, or G (4G) for GB. =item B<-p> @@ -231,10 +232,22 @@ Output is similar to: gpok4: Detatching source disk (0100) at (1100) gpok4: Starting LNX3... Done -7. To create a new kvm/vmware virtual machine with 10G storage, 4096M memory and 2 cpus. +7. To create a new kvm/vmware virtual machine with 10G storage, 4096M memory, and 2 cpus. mkvm vm1 -s 10G --mem 4096 --cpus 2 +or + + mkvm vm1 -s 10G --mem 4194304K --cpus 2 + +or + + mkvm vm1 -s 10G --mem 4096M --cpus 2 + +or + + mkvm vm1 -s 10G --mem 4G --cpus 2 + 8. To create a full partition on normal power machine. First, define a node object: