Description of problem: VM "Memory Balloon Device Enabled" is can be changed in the UI while the VM is on, but has no effect Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.5.3 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Select a running VM, chose Edit 2. Go to resource allocation, and change "Memory Balloon Device Enabled", hit OK 3. Click on edit agaain,to check that value has changed Actual results: Value reverts to its previous state with no warning Expected results: Value to be the new setting or a message about it not being possible to do this to a running VM and an option to apply at next boot Additional info:
verified on : Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Version: 3.6.0.3-0.1.el6 verification steps: 1. create a vm with ballooning enabled 2. run the vm 3. disable the ballooning 4. power off the vm 5. run the vm again and verify that the ballooning is disabled run the same steps again, but now create vm with ballooning disabled and change it to enable.