I have 32 GB total
I have about 22 GB allocated to existing VMs
The VM that wouldn't start was allocated 2 GB
I realize that the parent requires some RAM, but it shouldn't be more than a
couple of GB
It seemed that this 'cached' memory was unavailable for allocation to a
Hyper-V VM, which is problematic
"Bruce Sanderson" <bsanders@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> The "cached" memory as reported in Task Manager is essentiallly the space
> used to hold file content to reduce overhead if it is needed again. When
> an application requires additional RAM, Windows will automatically free up
> space used for the cache so it is available for use by the application, or
> in this case, a virtual machine.
>
> What is the amount of RAM you have specified for the virtual machine? Some
> RAM will always be needed for Windows, applications running in the
> "Parent" machine and the Hyper-V service itself. In Task Manager, look at
> the value shown in the "Memory" box. This is (approximately) the amount
> of RAM currently in use ignoring the cache.
>
> --
> Bruce Sanderson
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>
> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>
>
>
> "Blake" <blake.duffey@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uBRbEEIkJHA.1408@xxxxxx Quote:
>> My host has 32 GB of RAM
>>
>> Task manager says I have nearly 10 GB of 'cached' memory, so my VM won't
>> start (even though the sum of memory allocated for all the VMs is less
>> than 25 GB)
>>
>> How can I free up this memory? (short of a reboot)
>>
>> ??
>>
>> Thanks
>> Blake
>>
>