Cannot import VM. Balloon is not supported on 'ppc64' architecture.

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Issue

When attempting to import a Virtual Machine on ppc64 (POWER8) host, an error message appears:

Cannot import VM. Balloon is not supported on 'ppc64'  architecture.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.4
  • IBM Power 8

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