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Docs: bugref:10302. Uploading .dita user manual files we received from the doc team on 25th Jan.
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diff --git a/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vboxwatchdog.dita b/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vboxwatchdog.dita new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..dfc5a205c68 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vboxwatchdog.dita @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> +<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd"> +<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="vboxwatchdog"> + <title>Oracle VM VirtualBox Watchdog</title> + + <body> + <p> + The memory ballooning service, formerly known as + <userinput>VBoxBalloonCtrl</userinput>, was renamed to VBoxWatchdog. + This service now incorporates the following host services that are + meant to be run in a server environment: + </p> + <ul> + <li> + <p><b outputclass="bold">Memory ballooning control.</b> + This service automatically takes care of a VM's configured + memory balloon. See <xref href="guestadd-balloon.dita">Memory Ballooning</xref>. This + service is useful for server environments where VMs may + dynamically require more or less memory during runtime. + </p> + <p> + The service periodically checks a VM's current memory balloon + and its free guest RAM and automatically adjusts the current + memory balloon by inflating or deflating it accordingly. This + handling only applies to running VMs having recent Guest + Additions installed. + </p> + </li> + <li> + <p><b outputclass="bold">Host isolation detection.</b> + This service provides a way to detect whether the host cannot + reach the specific Oracle VM VirtualBox server instance anymore and + take appropriate actions, such as shutting down, saving the + current state or even powering down certain VMs. + </p> + </li> + </ul> + <p> + All configuration values can be either specified using the command + line or global extradata, whereas command line values always have + a higher priority when set. Some of the configuration values also + be specified on a per-VM basis. So the overall lookup order is: + command line, per-VM basis extradata if available, global + extradata. + </p> + </body> +</topic> |