Tag: memory

Memory Utilization High in Linux VM

Utilities such as htop, top, and the command free -mh all report a high usage of memory.  The thing is nothing was running.  It turns out to be explainable. Using the following commands, it was determined that VMware virtual server has enabled the vmw_balloon. VMware Tools Balloon Defined The VMware Tools balloon driver is among the utilities installed in the…

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