Memory detected by OS is less than what is configured in Nutanix .

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Issue

  • RHEL VM on Nutanix AHV hypervisor boots with less than configured memory.
  • Why the total memory in OS is less than configured memory in Nutanix AVH?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • VirtIO Balloon module: [virtio_balloon]
  • Nutanix AHV hypervisor

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